ChefBob

If you were looking for the article about the character, then see ChefBob (character).

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
  • ChefBob ^(debut)
• Squidward Tentacles
  • Hand puppet Squidward ^(debut)
• Eugene H. Krabs
  • Hand puppet Mr. Krabs ^(debut)
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Bubble Bass
  • Harold "Bill" Reginald
  • Harold (red fish)
  • Clay
  • Shubie
  • Tom
  • Nat Peterson
  • Fred
  • Nazz-Mimi
  • Nancy Suzy Fish

Synopsis

This episode begins at the Krusty Krab, where the customers are watching SpongeBob cook instead of spending money as Mr. Krabs desires. Mr. Krabs then realizes that SpongeBob has talent and decides to put on an open kitchen by smashing a hole in the wall. SpongeBob gets nervous and hides in the dressing room, but Mr. Krabs threatens to fire SpongeBob if he does not perform.

SpongeBob goes out to perform, but his stage fright can be visible from making a Krabby Patty with the wrong ingredients. SpongeBob hides under the grill, but while under the grill, he decides to make a puppet with a paper lunch sack that he finds. The puppet became an instant success, but it begins to make jokes that infuriate SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs. The puppet becomes alive and starts to make insulting jokes, which the customers appreciate as comedy.

After the puppet makes fun of Squidward, SpongeBob fights with the puppet, causing the customers to leave. Afterwards, the puppet is "fired" and gets kicked out of the restaurant by Squidward.

The episode ends with ChefBob having his own show even after clearly being torn to shreds outside, causing Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and SpongeBob to faint in shock.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on March 23, 2018.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ The Drunken Sailor - Nicolas Carr [Title card.]

 ‣ Sailor's Sting 9 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
 ‣ Entry of the Gladiators - R.A.F. Music Library [SpongeBob making Krabby Patties while customers watch him.]
 ‣ Circus Parade (b) - Dick Walter ["Ta-da!"]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 1 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs gets an idea to still making money.]
 ‣ Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob doesn't see the wall.]
 ‣ Unknown Track 21 - "I have x-ray vision! I can see through walls!"
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Why'd you do that?"]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 22 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs talks SpongeBob about the open kitchen.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (f) - Jeremy Wakefield [Closet is shown.]
 ‣ A Fishy Conversation - Barry Anthony ["Come on, boy-o, it's showtime!"]
 ‣ Box Office [#80] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["SpongeBob, if you don't come out, you're fired!"]
 ‣ Big Show Theme - Robert Sharples [SpongeBob comes out of the closet nervously.]
 ‣ A Fishy Conversation - Barry Anthony [Krabs pushes SpongeBob towards the grill/SpongeBob makes a Krabby Patty nervously.]
 ‣ Unknown Track 73 - "Oh, what am I do? What am I do?"
 ‣ Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob sees a paper bag.]
 ‣ Hippo Bird - Arthur Wilkinson [SpongeBob makes a paper bag puppet called ChefBob.]
 • The ChefBob Song - Kaz Prapuolenis [SpongeBob sings this.]
 ‣ Acrobats and Clowns (a) - Alfi Kabiljo [Plays during "The ChefBob Song".]
 ‣ Big Show Theme - Robert Sharples [Customers cheering after ChefBob's performance.]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 28 - Line of customers at the Krusty Krab.
 ‣ Swing It! - [Optigan sample] ["Hi, everybody! Who's hungry!"]
 ‣ Rodeo Daze - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ChefBob makes Krabby Patties in a western themed way.]
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Acrobats and Clowns (a) - Alfi Kabiljo [ChefBob pulls patties from behind customers' heads and puts on the grill.]
 ‣ Clown in Town - Philippe Pares [ChefBob insults Clay.]
 ‣ ? [Rimshot.]
 ‣ Clown in Town - Philippe Pares [ChefBob insults Jennifer Millie.]
 ‣ ? [Rimshot.]
 ‣ Clown in Town - Philippe Pares [ChefBob insults Harold.]
 ‣ ? [Rimshot.]
 ‣ Clown in Town - Philippe Pares [Everyone laughs.]
 ‣ Hot Steel and Slide Licks - Jeremy Wakefield [Harold sheds a tear.]
 ‣ Variety Performance - Cedric Palmer [Customers cheering ChefBob.]
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 6 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob gives Krabs a list of things that ChefBob needs for the dressing room.]
 ‣ Big Julie - Kenny Graham ["What's the matter, Krabs? You don't like money?"]
 ‣ Cartoon Sting 5 - "Need I remind you that my insults pay your salary?"
 ‣ Take a Bow 1 - David Lindup [ChefBob brings Squidward up front.]
 ‣ ? [Rimshot.]
 ‣ So Tired - Sammy Burdson, John Fiddy [Customers laugh at Squidward as he shrinks embarrassed.]
 ‣ Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["All right, that's it!"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (s) - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward reappears.]
 ‣ ? [Rimshot.]
 ‣ Unknown Track 36 - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ChefBob fights SpongeBob.]
 ‣ Fierce Fight - Gerhard Trede [ChefBob and SpongeBob have a spatula fight.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks (k) - Jeremy Wakefield [Customers leave the Krusty Krab.]
 ‣ Cartoon Sting 2 - ChefBob is fired from the Krusty Krab by Krabs and Squidward's puppets.
 ‣ Sailor's Sting 28 - "I learned a very valuable lesson today."
 ‣ Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Swing It! - [Optigan sample] [The ChefBob Cooking with Insults Show.]
 ‣ Circus Life - Laurent Couson ["Alright. Roses are red, violets are blue, I was born pretty, what happened to you?"]
 ‣ Unknown Track 86 - ? [Ending.]

Reception

• As of August 15, 2018, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 4.1/10 based on 29 ratings by users. TV.com users give this episode a rating of 0.0/10 based on 0 votes.

Trivia

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• This episode, along with "Patnocchio," premiered in Russia on July 27, 2018, exactly 13 days before it premiered in the US.
• "My leg!:" Fred screams this when Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to break a leg during his cooking show.
• This is one of the few episodes to have a "The End" card.
  • This time around, both sister episodes have a The End card.
• When SpongeBob went under the grill, an urchin can be found. This is possibly a reference to the episode "Eek, an Urchin!."
• This episode aired eight years after "You Don't Know Sponge" and "Hide and Then What Happens?" premiered and one year after "Plankton Retires" premiered in Latin America.
• SpongeBob having stage fright contradicts the fact that in many episodes, he is perfectly fine going on stage.
  • This episode likely takes place before those episodes, since SpongeBob would have a better time at performing in front of others.
  • SpongeBob also had a fear of public speaking in the episode "Oral Report."
• SpongeBob putting a shoe onto the Krabby Patty he nervously makes is a reference to the episode "Pickles."
• This is the least viewed episode in the series at 1.04 (in millions) U.S. viewers, surpassing the former holder, "High Sea Diving" with its 1.21 million U.S. viewers.
• This is the first episode since "Burst Your Bubble" to use a track from Warner/Chappell Production Music (CPM).

Cultural references

• ChefBob insulting the customers could possibly be referencing the famous chef Gordon Ramsay.
• The live-action audience at the end looks just like the scene from The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Errors

• When SpongeBob overhears ChefBob making offensive jokes to the customers, he is not wearing his chef hat.
  • SpongeBob also is not wearing his chef hat when he hides under the grill.
• When SpongeBob was ChefBob, the wall Mr. Krabs demolished is not there, but when ChefBob is seen on his own show, the wall is back, Mr. Krabs could have put it back together.

Running gags

• ChefBob insulting the customers.