"Bad Luck Bob" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 15. In this episode, SpongeBob experiences a bad luck streak when his lucky tie clip suddenly goes missing.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Gary the Snail
- French Narrator
- Bubble Bass
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Lady Upturn
- Kid fish
- Mr. Sun
- Construction foreman (purple)
- Sea bunny
- Incidentals
- Fred
- Incidental 2
- Incidental 3
- Incidental 4
- John
- Incidental 14
- Incidental 31
- Harold (Inc 36)
- Incidental 37B
- Lou
- Judy
- Incidental 46
- Incidental 48
- Incidental 60
- Incidental 63
- Incidental 67
- Harris
- Incidental 73KID
- Incidental 82
- Old Man Walker
- Incidental 97
- Incidental 104
- Incidental 106
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 151
- Incidental 153
- Sandals
- Incidental 168
- Incidental 169
- Incidental 186
Synopsis[]
SpongeBob's lucky tie-clip.
SpongeBob wakes up and has a run of bad luck, such as slipping out of bed, getting crushed by his alarm, and tripping down the stairs. Before he leaves, he fastens his lucky tie clip, causing him to narrowly avoid many accidents on his way to work. At work, he greets Squidward, saying he is lucky because he wears his tie clip every day. Squidward says the luck is just in his head, worrying SpongeBob. SpongeBob's good luck continues when he makes a patty that Bubble Bass likes, and he returns home, with his bad luck returning as soon as he gets home and puts the clip back.
The next morning, he is unable to find the tie clip. On the way to work, he gets shocked by jellyfish, falls in the sewer, gets mugged, and hit by a car. Squidward tells SpongeBob that his tie clip has nothing to do with luck, and SpongeBob continues to have accidents as he tries to work. Squidward begins having good luck, such as a good tip from Lady Upturn. SpongeBob gets criticized by Bubble Bass for a bad Krabby Patty, and Krabs lets SpongeBob and Squidward take the day off. Squidward grows a hair and thinks he is getting SpongeBob's good luck.
Patrick refuses to hang out with SpongeBob.
SpongeBob goes to Patrick, who refuses to hang out with him because he is unlucky, but suggests he find a new lucky charm. SpongeBob looks for a four leaf kelp and a sea bunny's foot, but neither of them work. He sees Squidward now playing the clarinet well and with a full head of hair. Crying about his bad luck, SpongeBob absorbs his tears and wrings them out, making his tie clip pop out from one of his holes. He realizes the tie clip was inside him all along, and puts it back on. The good luck goes back to SpongeBob, meaning Squidward has bad luck again, as he loses his hair, cannot play his clarinet well, gets rained on, and smashed by heavy objects.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on July 26, 2024.[2]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Don’t Breathe the Water - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
• Festive Hawaiian Luau - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, Jeremy Wakefield [Opening.]
• Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob walks to work.]
• Monster Surf Party - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob surfing.]
• Happy Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [”Good morning, Squidward!”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob smiling.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [”Luck isn’t real.”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Door hits Squidward.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31C - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward groans.]
• Jolly Little Roger MB NC- with Tamborine - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob cooking.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob’s finished patty.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac [Bubble Bass eats the patty.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield [”How did you accomplish such perfection?”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob winks.]
• Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob returns home.]
• Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob breaking things.]
• Solo Steel and Vibes 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["The next morning..."]
• Festive Hawaiian Luau - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob wakes up.]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's clip is missing.]
‣ Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob looks for his clip.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["My lucky tie clip is m-missing!"]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Toaster falls on SpongeBob.]
• Clownfish Capers - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob tries to run to work.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34D - Jeremy Wakefield [”I lost my lucky tie clip…”]
‣ Charlie's Bike E - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob burns a patty.]
• Cheap and Frozen Short - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Lady Upturn tips Squidward.]
‣ Charlie's Bike C - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [SpongeBob serves Bubble Bass.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 10F - Jeremy Wakefield [”Oh, I’m bad luck, Mr. Krabs.”]
‣ Abject Terror - Paul Lewis [Mr. Krabs panics.]
‣ Apples And Pears - Bruce Campbell [SpongeBob crying.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 28A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob leaves work.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward grows a hair.]
• Sad Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob visits Patrick.]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [”Great idea!”]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29A - Jeremy Wakefield [”Thanks, Patrick!”]
• Ripped Hide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob looks for a new lucky charm.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward playing his clarinet.]
• Breathing Underwater 2 - Nicolas Carr [Squidward flips his hair.]
• Sorry No Pets Allowed - Nicolas Carr [Squidward taunts SpongeBob.]
• Is This Heaven - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob finds his tie clip.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [”It was just like Squidward said.”]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward poorly playing his clarinet.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Ending.]
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode's title is very similar to that of "Big League Bob" from the same season.
- The two are only apart by a two episode difference as well.
- This episode was paired with a rerun of "Unidentified Flailing Octopus" during the original American airing[3] but has since been reairing with "The Sandman Cometh."
- "The Next Morning..." time card in this episode is reused from "Sanctuary!"
- SpongeBob's lucky tie clip has never been seen before, or since, this episode.
- The plot of this episode is similar to those of the following media:
- It is similar to that of season 3's "Missing Identity," as both episodes involve SpongeBob losing an accessory.
- This episode is similar to the similarly named book Bad Luck Day, only this time the bad luck is happening to SpongeBob instead of Patrick and the source of the bad luck is different.
- This is the second episode to play both "Happy Sack Shanty" and "Sad Sack Shanty" in the same episode. The first is "Safe Deposit Krabs."
- In the UK and Ireland, the scene where SpongeBob crashes into Lou's hot dog stand is darkened and the explosion is slowed down.[4]
Episode references[]
- When SpongeBob snores, he blows out a duck bubble and a butterfly bubble, like in "Bubblestand."
- The reef blower, as previously seen in "Reef Blower" and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water returns and is used again by SpongeBob.
SpongeBob as a piece of toast in "The Chaperone."
SpongeBob as a piece of toast in this episode.
- SpongeBob emerges from his kitchen toaster as a piece of toast, similar to in "The Chaperone."
- Squidward regrows his blonde hair he had lost in "The Original Fry Cook" (on the day Jim quit the Krusty Krab).
- The tie clip being revealed to be inside SpongeBob's holes is similar to "Spatula of the Heavens" where it was revealed SpongeBob had a spare spatula literally inside him.
- Patrick's ten-foot pole resemble the pole from "The Krabby Kronicle."
- Patrick makes the same thinking face from "The Nitwitting."
Errors[]
SpongeBob's lucky tie clip is missing.
- When SpongeBob carries Incidental 82 while crossing the road, his lucky tie clip is missing.
The tables are missing and Incidental 73's inconsistent design.
- During the Bubble Bass wide shots, the tables are missing in the background, and Incidental 73's design is inconsistent.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| German | Der Pech-Bob | The Bad Luck Bob |
| Italian | Abbandonato dalla fortuna | Abandoned by Luck |
| Russian | Невезучий Боб Nevezuchiy Bob |
Unlucky Bob |
| Slovenian | Spuži ima smolo | SpongeBob Has Bad Luck |
| Spanish (American) | Bob da mala suerte | Bob is Bad Luck |
| Spanish (European) | La mala suerte de Bob | Bob's Bad Luck |