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"Bubble Bass's Tab" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, Bubble Bass doesn't pay his tab after ordering food at the Krusty Krab, so Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob and Squidward to his house to try and make him pay.
Characters
Production
The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 29, 2019.[1]
Music
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Ahoy Landlubbers - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Title card]
• Galley Cooks Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening at the Krusty Krab]
• Harpsichord Classical Bits - Barry Anthony [Bubble Bass says his delivery is not full]
• Galley Cooks Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Squidward adds a big donut into Bubble Bass' delivery]
• Harpsichord Classical Bits - Barry Anthony [Bubble Bass refuses to pay his delivery]
• Galley Cooks Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs orders Bubble Bass to pay his delivery]
• What's This - Nicolas Carr [Bubble Bass searchs for a coin in his pockets]
• Galley Cooks Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs takes Bubble Bass' coin]
• French Horn Rips - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Closeup of Bubble Bass' board game]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 5 - Jeremy Wakefield [Bubble Bass leaves the Krusty Krab]
• Galley Cooks Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Bubble Bass asks another delivery through Krusty Krab's drive thru]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16 - Jeremy Wakefield [Bubble Bass hides from Krabs]
‣ Animation Antics - Dick Walter [Bubble Bass teases Krabs]
‣ Drama Link (f) - Hubert Clifford [Bubble Bass runs away from the Krusty Krab]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 10 - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs orders SpongeBob and Squidward to make Bubble Bass pay his tab]
• Fooling Around 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob and Squidward arrive at Bubble Bass' mothers' house]
‣ Crime and Danger Sign #10 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [SpongeBob and Squidward enter at Bubble Bass's mothers' house]
‣ Crime and Danger Sign #2 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [SpongeBob and Squidward hear Bubble Bass's and his mothers' voices from the basement]
‣ Mini Mischief - Johnny Pearson [SpongeBob's body full of board games]
• French Horn Rips - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob takes Three Deadly Challenges from his body]
• A Simple Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob calls Bubble Bass to play Three Deadly Challenges]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward goes down the ladder]
‣ This Space For Hire - Sam Fonteyn [Room full of boardgame objects is shown]
• Dunces and Dragons - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob imagines the room as a medieval castle]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 14 - Jeremy Wakefield [Back to the room full of boardgame objects]
‣ Tavern Tales - David Snell [Bubble Bass climbed on a mountain of boxes as a medieval knight]
‣ ? [SpongeBob and Squidward walking to Bubble Bass]
‣ ? [SpongeBob and Squidward take cardboard swords]
‣ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Mountain of boxes fall down along with SpongeBob, Squidward and "Bubble Bass"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield [?]
‣ Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob screams]
• A Simple Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward discovers Bubble Bass was actually a puppet made as him]
‣ Tavern Tales - David Snell [Real Bubble Bass appears]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [?]
‣ Fiesta Mexicana - Dennis Farnon [SpongeBob and Squidward get into an arena made of boxes]
• Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Mama Bubble Bass?!"]
‣ Battle March Link (f) - Keith Mansfield [Mama Bass snarls like a bull]
‣ Fiesta Mexicana - Dennis Farnon [Mama Bass runs into SpongeBob and Squidward]
• SpongeBob Theme II - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Mama Bass attacks SpongeBob and Squidward]
‣ ? [Mama Bass and Squidward dancing tango]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 16 - Jeremy Wakefield [Mama Bass leaves the arena]
‣ Dramatic Cue (e) - Ronald Hanmer [Bubble Bass moans]
• Dunces and Dragons - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Fanfare is heard]
‣ ? [Squidward in a cardboard horse imaging he's a medieval knight/?]
‣ Thrust and Parry - John Hawkins [Squidward and Bubble Bass face each other]
‣ Tavern Tales - David Snell [Bubble Bass defeated]
• Another Krusty Krab Day 3 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Bubble Bass suffering cramps while he's working at the Krusty Krab]
• Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Customers complaining in Krabs' office]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Krabs gets shocked]
• Pinapple Luau - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Bubble Bass getting food without paying it]
‣ ? [Ending]
Trivia
General
- The plot of the episode is similar to "Pat No Pay," as both involve a character not paying for their food at the Krusty Krab and being punished to make up for not doing so.
- Another similar plot happens In the Apple & Onion episode, Positive Attitude Theory. Some point in the episode, a lady named Samosa tells Apple and Onion "She will pay them" and then kicking them out by distracting them.
- The scene with SpongeBob and Squidward doing the salsa was added as an AR sticker to the Nick Screens Up app in April 2020.
- This is the second episode with Bubble Bass' name in the title. The first is "Moving Bubble Bass."
- A scene from this episode was shown in a YTV promo on Saturday, March 21, 2020.[2]
- This is Mama Bass' second physical appearance in the series, as she is only heard in "Swamp Mates."
- This is the second episode in season 12 to focus on Bubble Bass. The first is "Swamp Mates."
- This is the fifth episode which has a drive-thru seen at the Krusty Krab. The first was in "Driven to Tears," the second was in "Drive Thru," the third was in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and the fourth was in "Drive Happy."
- There are three episode references when SpongeBob shows his collection of board games.
- Eels and Escalators from "Sailor Mouth."
- Patrick! The Game from the episode based on the same name.
- Whirly Brain from "Whirly Brains."
Cultural references
- "Game of Strife" is a parody on The Game of Life.
- "Chutes and Bladders" is a parody on Chutes and Ladders.
Errors
Incorrectly colored Bubble Bass
- The episode's title card once again misspells Bubble Bass' name as "BubbleBass," lacking a space between the words.
- Additionally, this episode should be called "Bubble Bass' Tab" because his last name ends with an "s," making the additional "s" after the apostrophe grammatically incorrect.
- When Bubble Bass starts taunting Mr. Krabs, he is colored incorrectly.
- In the Hebrew dub, Incidental 104's line are cut by mistake.
SpongeBob's pants' cuff is miscolored yellow
- While SpongeBob and Squidward dancing to tango, the part of SpongeBob's pants' cuff turns yellow for a frame.