Squid on Strike

When profits are down at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs decides to start deducting his employee's pay for doing things including talking, chewing, breathing, lollygagging, and even existing. Squidward finds this to be outrageously unfair, 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 which causes the word "forever" to echo in Squidward's mind. 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 restaurant, 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!" SpongeBob is ironically happy and states to Squidward the strike worked since they got their jobs back forever with the word "forever" echoing in Squidward's mind again. One eternity later, their skeletons are seen working at the Krusty Krab, ending the episode.

MusicEdit

Original musicEdit

Hey, Mean Mr. Bossman - SpongeBob lies on his bed

APM musicEdit

The Girl I Left Behind Me - "Count me money / Money's sweeter than honey..."
Keel Row - "Here's your check, and here's yours, SpongeBob."
Up She Rises - "We've got to unite as workers."
O Makalupua B - "No! No! Squidward, you didn't tell me I was gonna get fired!"
Crocodile Tears A - Squidward gets SpongeBob to throw his hat on the ground and step on it.
Astronauts March - Squidward protests on a megaphone; SpongeBob literally taking Squidward's advice and ruining the Krusty Krab {C}
The Tip Top Polka/Cliff Polka - Mr. Krabs taunts Squidward for his failed striking strategies. {C}
Troop Movement - SpongeBob speaks out against Mr. Krabs. {C}
Hawaiian Breeze - Squidward's fantasy of being on strike with SpongeBob FOREVER!!!!!
Dramatic Impact 3 - "Aahhh! I gotta beg Mr. Krabs for my job back..."
The Dreadnought Tea Clipper B - Mr. Krabs begs Squidward to return to work.
Dramatic Cue E - "S-S-S-S-SpongeBob, w-w-w-w-w-what have you done?"
The Drunken Sailor B - SpongeBob and Squidward get their jobs back FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER!

TriviaEdit

SpongeBob never got his bill, yet he pays Mr. Krab's for his doings.
Mr. Krabs suddenly appears sweeping the floor after Squidward stops SpongeBob from paying him.
The music during the title card is from the song played later in the episode called "Hey Mean Mr. Bossman" by Sage Guyton. It is featured on the SpongeBob SquarePants CD.
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".
The music played at the end of the episode is What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?
Squidward's bill from Mr. Krabs reads thus:
- Breathing: $1.00
- Talking: $5.00
- Standing: $10.00
- Existing: $2.00
- Lallygagging: $2.00
- Chewing: $1.00
The bill that Squidward gets means he has to pay twenty one dollars.
24th time Patrick doesn't appear.
It is revealed that Mr. Krabs keeps his dry cleaning in envelopes.
Mr. Krabs is making his employees pay for breathing, yet in the episode Pressure, when Sandy thinks land creatures are better than sea creatures, he says it's free. However, he may have started charging his customers and employees for that at some point between "Pressure" and this episode.
You may think that Squidward getting that huge of a bill would put him in debt, but it wouldn't due to the following
For some reason SpongeBob fantasizes about having an extremely large work hat.
Running Gag: Whenever there was a crowd, they run over Squidward.
Running Gag: Every time Squidward hears the word 'Forever' from SpongeBob, he is hypnotized, and the word echoes in his head.
Running Gag: Whenever SpongeBob makes a picket sign, it comes out wrong in different ways;
- An actual Picket fence.
- A nose with a finger picking it.
- Krusty Krab Funfair.
- I ♥ the Krusty Krab.

GoofsEdit

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.
In part of the episode it shows Squidward and SpongeBob really old on strike. Yet at that age, Mr. Krabs would most likely be dead.
SpongeBob and Squidward are invertebrates, and would have no skeletons to rot away to.
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.
When Squidward and SpongeBob are elderly and still on strike, the sign in Squidward's hand changes from "Krusty Still Unfair" to "Krabs Still Unfair."