The Original Fry Cook

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Characters

• Old Man Jenkins ^{(fat; blue)}
• Squidward Tentacles
• SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Daydream SpongeBob
    • Krabby Patty SpongeBob
• Gus
• Dennis
• Harold "Bill" Reginald
• Jimmy Gus
• Frankie Billy
• Norma Rechid
• Abigail Marge
• Clay
• Paco
• Charlie
• Franco
• Sandals
• Frank
• Dale
• Cara
• Nazz-Mimi
• Dave
• Monroe Timmy
• Jim's Bodyguards ^(debut)
• Jim ^(debut)
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Nat Peterson
• Nathiel Waters
• Thaddeus
• Archie
• Fred
• Sadie
• Shubie
• Taylor Fishbowl
• Nancy Suzy Fish
• Tina Fran
• Martin
• Ivy
• Officer Rob Johnson
• Scooter
• French Narrator

Synopsis

It is a normal day at the Krusty Krab until Jim, the Original Krusty Krab Fry Cook, arrives in his golden limousine. He, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward remember back when the Krusty Krab had "class." Squidward had long hair and Jim was the fry cook. Jim makes a Krabby Patty and SpongeBob eats it and loves it. He wants to cook like Jim, and Jim says not to step on the patty, since the customers run over a Krabby Patty made by SpongeBob when headed to greet Jim.

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He then gives SpongeBob real lessons. But SpongeBob cannot meet Jim's standards. So SpongeBob decides to resign and give his job to Jim. Jim tells SpongeBob he quit because Mr. Krabs laughed at him when he asked for a raise. Mr. Krabs reveals that SpongeBob has one thing Jim does not have: he is cheap! Jim tells SpongeBob that he could be an even greater frycook, but only if he leaves the Krusty Krab which he calls a dump. SpongeBob says that the restaurant is not a dump. Mr. Krabs says it is a dump, but it's his dump as the episode ends.

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Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Wahini Wobble - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [title card]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [opening]
 ‣ Romantic Evening - Gary Hughes [adding the love]
 ‣ Gala Performance - Laurie Johnson [limo arrives]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's Krabby Patty stepped on]
 ‣ Gala Performance - Laurie Johnson ["It's Jim, me original fry cook!"]
 ‣ ? - Nicolas Carr ["He who flipped Krabby Patties in the before time?"]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["You're doing well, Jim."]
 ‣ Skater's Waltz - Emile Charles Waldteufel, George Wilson [flashback to when the Krusty Krab had class]
 ‣ Steel Licks - Jeremy Wakefield [everyone laughs]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["Employee of the Month, huh?"]
 ‣ Cartoon Capers (b) - Dick Stephen Walter [SpongeBob crashes to the floor]
 ‣ Award Winner 1 - Harry Bluestone [Jim's "Best Employee Ever" award]
 ‣ Spanish Ladies (b) - Robin Jeffrey, Tim Laycock [Jim refuses to sign SpongeBob's patty]
 ‣ Steel Licks (b) - Jeremy Wakefield ["Yeah... not unless you look RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"]
 ‣ Glory Road - Sam Fonteyn ["One patty, the right way!"]
 ‣ Parting of the Clouds - Nicolas Carr ["It's a thing of beauty!"]
 ‣ The Power Within - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob eats Jim's Krabby Patty]
 ‣ A Christmas Fantasy (a) - Ron Goodwin ["Wow... that was amazing!"]
 ‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters ["Um, Mr. Jim, sir?"]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob grovels]
 ‣ Knights of the Air - Sam Fonteyn [Jim critiquing SpongeBob's work]
 ‣ Knights of the Air Alt. End - Sam Fonteyn [Tons of patties in toilet]
 ‣ Fates - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob cries]
 ‣ Steel Licks (d) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob thinks Jim's replacing him]
 ‣ Fiesta Party - Norman Dane [Squidward dances]
 ‣ Drowsy Reef - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton [SpongeBob writes his resignation letter]
 ‣ Mission Improbable - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob hides in the freezer]
 ‣ Drama Link (e) - Hubert Clifford ["This is terrible! No one's making patties!"]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [Jim asks where SpongeBob is]
 ‣ Drama Link (a) - Hubert Clifford ["Look at them."]
 ‣ Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield ["Don't worry, Mr. Krabs."]
 ‣ Long Way Home - Gregor F. Narholz ["But you're the greatest fry cook in the world."]
 ‣ Soul Organ Impromptu - Alan Hawkshaw [Jim explains why he quit]
 ‣ Puka A - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs laughing]
 ‣ Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie [ending]

Reception

• This episode is ranked #1 on Tom Kenny's worst SpongeBob episodes list.
• As of August 17, 2016, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 7.1/10 based on 156 ratings by users.[1] TV.com users give this episode a rating of 7.7/10 based on 119 votes.[2]

Release

• This episode is available on the Friend or Foe?, Season 5 Volume 1, Complete Fifth Season, First 100 Episodes, and SpongeBob, You're Fired! DVDs.

Trivia

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• Running Gag: Jim flushing SpongeBob's patties down the toilet.
• This episode reveals that Jim was the frycook at the Krusty Krab before SpongeBob.
• This is the first episode where the letters in the title card are made out of food, this happens again in "Plankton's Regular," "The Other Patty," and "Free Samples."
• In the Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition video game, Jim is a character the player may draw.
• In the Battle for Bikini Bottom video game, Squidward states, "I've always been bald!" However, this episode portrays Squidward with long, blonde hair.
• This episode premiered on Jim Wise's 43rd birthday.
  • Jim may be named after Jim Wise.
• The episode was available on the Friend or Foe? DVD, released earlier in 2007, before it aired on television.
• This episode was released shortly after Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille, which coincidentally starred Jim's voice, Patton Oswalt as the main character and was about cooking.

Errors

• Towards the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob creates a heart out of ketchup on a Krabby Patty and it is entirely colored in. In the next shot, it is only an outline.
• In the opening and closing credits, Patton Oswalt's name was misspelled "Patton Oswald."
• In the flashback, the Krusty Krab is shown to be designed in architecturally superior light than its normal state. However, in the flashback where Jim explains why he quit, all the decor is replaced with normal Krusty Krab decor.