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Bad Luck Bob

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If you were looking for the article about the book with a similar name, then see Bad Luck Day.

"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[]

Synopsis[]

SpongeBob's lucky tie-clip.

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.

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[]

On the United States Copyright Office catalog, this episode, alongside its sister, is listed as having a publication date of July 23, 2024, which may be its completion date.[3]

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on July 26, 2024.[4]

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!”]
 • Unicorns And Rainbows - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob smiling.]
 • Lopey Walk and Talk - Nicolas Carr, Daniel Stimac ["Luck isn't real."]
 • Thanks But No Thanks - 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.]
 • One Krabby Patty - 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?"]
 • Lucky - 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.]
 • Squidward Grows a Hair - 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.]
 • Bikini Bottom Dixieland Band Featuring Squidward - Nicolas Carr, James King [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.]
 • Bikini Bottom Dixieland Band Featuring Squidward - Nicolas Carr, James King [Ending.]

Release[]

Broadcast[]

  • In the United States, this episode was originally going to premiere at 7:00pm, but it was moved up to 5:00pm.
  • This episode was paired with a rerun of "Unidentified Flailing Octopus" during the original American airing,[5] but has since been reairing with "The Sandman Cometh."

Distribution[]

Format Title Region
DVD The Complete Fifteenth Season United States

Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode's title is very similar to that of "Big League Bob" from the same season.
    • The two episodes are only apart by a two episode difference as well.
  • "The Next Morning..." time card in this episode is reused from "Sanctuary!"
  • The opening credits from this episode are the same from season 13's "Allergy Attack!."
  • SpongeBob's tie is shown to be a normal tie in this episode and "Squid on Strike," but in "SquidBob TentaclePants" and "Sheldon SquarePants," he wears a clip-on tie.
  • In the UK and Ireland, the scene where SpongeBob crashes into Lou's hot dog stand is darkened and the explosion is slowed down.[6]
  • The title card shows a broken mirror, a reference to the superstition that breaking a mirror is seven years' worth of bad luck.

Episode references[]

SpongeBob as a piece of toast in "The Chaperone

SpongeBob as a piece of toast in "The Chaperone."

SpongeBob as a piece of toast in this episode.

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 resembles the pole from "The Krabby Kronicle."
  • The way SpongeBob gets bad luck is similar to what happened to him in "Your Shoe's Untied" when he couldn't retie his shoes.


Cultural references[]

  • When SpongeBob's feet get run over by a truck bringing in a new seaway, they are flattened. This is a reference to the 1961 Merrie Melodies cartoon Beep Prepared, when Wile E. Coyote's feet are flattened when trying to trip the Road Runner, and his right foot is also run over by a truck.

Errors[]

SpongeBob with an erroneously coloured and inked mouth.

SpongeBob with an erroneously coloured and inked mouth.

SpongeBob's lucky tie clip is missing.

SpongeBob's lucky tie clip is missing.

  • One frame of SpongeBob's skipping animation has his mouth uncoloured and missing some linework.


  • When SpongeBob carries Incidental 82 while crossing the road, his lucky tie clip is missing.
The tables are missing and Harris' inconsistent design.

The tables are missing and Harris' inconsistent design.

  • During the Bubble Bass wide shots, the tables are missing in the background, and Harris' design is inconsistent.


Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Dutch OngeluksBob Bad Luck Bob
German Der Pech-Bob The Bad Luck Bob
Italian Abbandonato dalla fortuna Abandoned by Luck
Polish Pechoporty Bad Luck Pants
Russian Невезучий Боб
Nevezuchiy Bob		 Unlucky Bob
Slovenian Spuži ima smolo SpongeBob Has Bad Luck
Spanish (Latin America) Bob da mala suerte Bob gives Bad Luck
Spanish (Spain) La mala suerte de Bob Bob's Bad Luck

References[]

  1. ^ Nickelodeon UK - November 22, 2024
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20241123174038/https://epgs.vimn.com/spongebob_pop_up/xmltvlegal/ita/20241110.xml
  3. ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "SpongeBob SquarePants : 309A"]. United States Copyright Office.
  4. ^ Bad Luck Bob - Episode 309a (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Cartoonlounge
  5. ^ December 9, 2024 - Nickstory
  6. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants UK edits - Bad Luck Bob
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