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Squid on Strike

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SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Squid on Strike"
Chronology
Information
Season №: 2
Episode №: 40b
Airdate: October 12, 2001
Best Day Ever Rank: #88
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Dohrn
Paul Tibbitt
Mark O'Hare
Storyboard Artist(s): Carson Kugler
William Reiss
Erik Wiese
Directors
Storyboard: Walt Dohrn
Paul Tibbitt
Animation: Tom Yasumi
Creative: Derek Drymon
Episode List
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Squid on Strike" is the last episode of season two of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Brief summary: Squidward and SpongeBob go on strike against the Krusty Krab.

Characters:

Time cards shown:

  • One Eternity Later

Songs: Hey mean Mr. Bossman, I'm a-quittin' this here job...

Contents

Plot

When profits are down at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs decides to start deducting his employee's pay for doing things such as "lollygagging", "chewing", "talking", "standing", "breathing" and even "existing". Squidward finds this to be outrageously unfair (which it is), and he and SpongeBob go on strike. SpongeBob, initially not knowing what it means to go on strike, is devastated when he is fired. Squidward, however, assures him that he will have his job back "and more".

Squidward demonstrates by making a sign saying "Krusty Krab Unfair", but SpongeBob misinterprets it as "Krusty Krab Funfair", making the restaurant more popular. After Squidward attempts to give a speech to the people of Bikini Bottom, with unfortunate results, Mr. Krabs taunts them about how "successful" their strike has been. SpongeBob suddenly turns against Krabs, standing up for Squidward and telling him that they will stay on strike forever until their demands are met. That night, Squidward is horrified at the thought of being on strike with SpongeBob forever, and goes to beg Mr. Krabs for his job back. As Squidward runs out the door, he sees Mr. Krabs at his door, who begs him and SpongeBob to return, saying that he can't stand the teenagers he hired as replacements and that he is nothing without them. As they walk to the Krusty Krab together, Squidward discusses the terms of their return to Mr. Krabs.

Meanwhile, however, SpongeBob dismantled the Krusty Krab during the night, taking the words of Squidward's speech literally. When Mr. Krabs sees the ruins of his resaturant, he falls to pieces (literally) and tells Squidward and SpongeBob that "In order to pay off these damages, you two are gonna work for me, FOREVER!" One eternity later, their skeletons are seen working at the Krusty Krab.

Transcript

Main article: Squid on Strike (transcript)

Quotes

  • (Outside Krusty Krab)
Squidward: OK, pay careful attention, SpongeBob. Now we're gonna make picket signs. This is a very important part of striking.
SpongeBob: Like this, Squidward? (Shows a picket fence on a board.)
Squidward: Not a picket fence, you ding-dong! Picket sign!
SpongeBob: How's this? (Shows a sign with an image of a finger picking a nose.)
Squidward: No. This is a picket sign. (Points) 'Krusty Krab Unfair'. Short, sweet, and to the point.
SpongeBob: How's this, Squidward? (Shows a 'Krusty Krab Funfair' sign)
Squidward: SpongeBob! It's 'unfair', not 'funfair'!
Citizen: A funfair? Where? I could go for some fun!
SpongeBob: At the Krusty Krab!
Citizen: Hey, everybody, let's go to the funfair! (Everybody steps on Squidward)
  • (Later)
Squidward: (on megaphone) Attention SpongeBob! YOU ARE A TERRIBLE STRIKER!!!
Squidward: (off megaphone) You just let your replacement cross our picket line, without so much as a single threat.
SpongeBob: I'm sorry, Squidward. How about I try the signs again? (Holds up sign reading "I (heart sign) the Krusty Krab")
Squidward: (on megaphone): FORGET THE SIGNS!
  • SpongeBob: I can't accept your money, Mr. Krabs. Grilling is my passion!
  • Squidward: Attention Bikini Bottom! You have been cheated and lied to!
Old lady: I knew it!(slaps her elderly boyfriend/husband)
  • Squidward: Ah the sweet smell of pay day. (Opens the envelope and pulls out underwear)
Mr.Krabs: Oops, sorry that's my dry-cleaning, this is your pay-check.
  • SpongeBob: We're going on a strike, we're going on a strike, I still don't know what strike means, but we're going on a strike!

Trivia/Goofs

  • The song played during the title card and while SpongeBob is lying on his bed is called "Hey Mean Mr. Bossman," and is featured on The Yellow Album.
  • Squidward and Mr. Krabs are in their day clothes when they enter the destroyed Krusty Krab, but when they left Squidward's house, they were wearing their pajamas.
  • Sponges and mollusks are invertebrates, and would have no skeletons to rot away to.
  • At the end, SpongeBob's clothes appear to have been drawn onto his skeleton. This is most likely an animation error.
  • It would be illegal for Mr.Krabs to charge Squidward and SpongeBob for their services.
  • In the episode "Nature Pants", "Patty Hype" and "As Seen On TV", SpongeBob willingly quits his job and throws his hat down. However, in this episode, he says that the hat is his "friend" and cannot bear to discard it.
  • Squidward has also quit his job (or attempted to quit) in "Can You Spare A Dime?", "Krusty Towers", "Fools in April", "Big Pink Loser", and "Bossy Boots".

APM music identification

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