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Krabs à la Mode

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"Krabs à la Mode" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 5. In this episode, Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into an ice rink after Plankton turns down the heat.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

The episode starts off with the freezing weather in Bikini Bottom. Mr. Krabs' frugality has prevented him from adjusting the Krusty Krab's thermostat to any temperature besides 62°F. An ice cold wind howls as both SpongeBob and Squidward shiver from the cold. When Squidward tries to turn up the heat just one degree, an alarm triggers and Mr. Krabs angrily berates him, stating no one is allowed to change to the temperature to anything other than 62 in order to save money on heating. This allows Plankton to get an idea to freeze his competition out of business. Having hidden in an old man's drink, Plankton is swallowed alive, and has to wait until the old man accidentally stays in the bathroom long enough to be locked into the restaurant overnight. Then Plankton lets a faucet run, opens a freezer, and turns the thermostat to sub-freezing temperatures.

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Patrick's tongue stuck to a pole.

The next morning, Squidward complains even more about how cold it is outside. When he, SpongeBob, and Mr. Krabs arrive at the Krusty Krab, they discover the whole restaurant is frozen, but Mr. Krabs doesn't notice and tells his employees to get to work. After he and SpongeBob slip on the icy floor, Squidward asks Mr. Krabs to turn up the heat, but does not allow him to turn up the thermostat because he is somehow fooled by the clearly taped scrap of paper that says "62º" that Plankton placed over the actual temperature display. Squidward notes that there are even icicles on the ceiling, but Krabs ignores this and forbids them from touching the thermostat. Soon the customers start to leave due to SpongeBob and Squidward slipping on the entirely ice-covered floor with their food.

Plankton sees the customers leaving and rejoices. He then puts up a sign saying that the Chum Bucket is warm and speaks to a fish walking by, who is frightened by Plankton's eye looking through the huge telescope. Plankton is very angry when he then sees the customers go back into the Krusty Krab with winter wear. Mr. Krabs has turned the restaurant into an ice rink complete with a Clamboni ride for children. SpongeBob has invented patty skates to help him, Squidward, and the customers keep their balance. The customers even prefer cold Krabby Patties, making Mr. Krabs very happy to sell Krabby Patties without even needing to cook them, claiming that he has made even more money than with the old Krusty Krab. The local hockey team even pays Mr. Krabs to practice inside the restaurant.

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Patrick's tongue stuck to the back of the Clamboni.

Plankton spots Mr. Krabs with his money and becomes enraged. Karen suggests that Plankton steal a Krabby Patty, and he makes an attempt to do so. SpongeBob tries to intervene, but he keeps getting hit by the hockey team, who are using the patty as a puck. Eventually, Plankton succeeds in grabbing the patty and hijacks the Clamboni. He aims to run over SpongeBob, Squidward, and the local hockey team, but a massive pile-up occurs at the door as Plankton squishes them and blocks the exit. Ultimately, the Clamboni breaks down, much to Plankton's frustration and Mr. Krabs's delight.

Though he cries after failing to steal the patty and Mr. Krabs takes it back, Plankton doesn't give up as he goes over to the thermostat and reveals the true temperature. This infuriates Mr. Krabs, who finally realizes Squidward was right about the temperature and attempts to attack Plankton for his actions. However, Plankton begins freezing and boiling him and the other patrons by repeatedly turning the dial in both directions. He then falls off the dial, allowing Mr. Krabs to turn the tables and freeze him for revenge.

Later, in the following summertime, Mr. Krabs turns the whole Krusty Krab into a popular public swimming pool, relaxing on a floating chair, while he thanks Plankton (trapped in an ice cube) for his ideas, and sips lemonade with Plankton as the ice in the drink, resulting in Plankton screaming in frustration, ending the episode.

Production[]

It was added to the United States Copyright Catalog alongside its sister episode on February 2, 2007.[6]

This episode's plot was referenced in the announcement of the Bikini Bottom Adventures DVD description on February 20, 2007.[7] The episode was confirmed on March 26, 2007.[8]

Art[]

Storyboards[]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Tripping Upstairs - Brian Peters [Title card]
 ‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [Opening]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [62 degrees]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (B) - Ronald Hanmer ["Who touched me thermostat?!"]
 • Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, thanks a..."]
 ‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters [Krabs tells Squidward not to touch the thermostat]
 ‣ Off to Play - David Snell [Kids playing in Krabs' yard]
 ‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham ["That's right, run, Krabs."]
 ‣ Abject Terror - Paul Lewis [Plankton gets eaten]
 ‣ Towerstreet 17 [#33] - Gerhard Narholz ["No matter, in four to six hours, I will have my revenge."]
 • Mission Improbable - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Old man exits bathroom]
 ‣ Cell 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton freezes the Krusty Krab]
 • Steel Licks 46 - Jeremy Wakefield [Mittens on SpongeBob's eyelashes]
 • Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Huh?"]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Krabs opens the Krusty Krab]
 • Jingle Bells 1 - Nicolas Carr [Overlays "The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka"]
 ‣ When Daylight Shines Captain Lenoe's - The Folk Players ["Quit clowning around and get to work!"]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney ["The temperature stays at 62 degrees."]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Don't touch..."]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact (2) - Ivor Slaney ["...the thermostat!"]
 ‣ Drama Link (A) - Hubert Clifford [Plankton spying]
 ‣ The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (B) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [Customers complaining]
 • Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield [Customers leave...]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [...then come back]
 ‣ Tripping Upstairs - Brian Peters [SpongeBob skating]
 ‣ A Christmas Fantasy (a) - Ron Goodwin [Everyone buying frozen patties]
 ‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham ["No! How is this possible?!"]
 • Jingle Bells 2 - Nicolas Carr ["I freeze his place solid and he turns it into an ice ring!"]
 • Goofy Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["That's because unlike you, he's a good businessman."]
 ‣ The Jolly Sleighride - Ib Glindemann [Krusty Krab turned into ice rink]
 • Vox Charge - Nicolas Carr [Hockey team practicing]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford [Plankton tries to steal a patty]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob stops him]
 • The Pollywog Strut - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Hey, SpongeBob, long time no see!"]
 • Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The ice hockey team uses Plankton as a puck, while SpongeBob chases him]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 1 [#38] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["The clamboni!"]
 ‣ Skaters Waltz - Emile Charles Waldteufel, George Wilson [Squidward skating]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 1 [#38] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Everyone blocking the exit]
 ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [Clamboni breaks down]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["You lose again, Plankton!"]
 ‣ Death of the Alien 1 [#38] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["The thermostat!"]
 • Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton changing the temperature]
 ‣ Sunny Samoa - George de Fretes, Jan Rap [Swimming pool]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Ending]

Release[]

Broadcast[]

Distribution[]

Trivia[]

General[]

Mrs. Puff deleted scene in Krabs à la Mode

The book adaptation of the deleted scene, featuring the unused design of Mrs. Puff in hockey gear.

  • The original storyboard for this episode featured Mrs. Puff as the hockey goalie.[citation needed] When the puck hits her, she puffs up to deflect it.[11] This scene is still featured in the book and comic adaptations of the episode.
  • This episode's title is French for "Krabs in Fashion" or "Fashionable Krabs."
  • After coming out of the bathroom, Old Man Walker says he is "locked in again," which implies that he has been locked in the Krusty Krab before.
  • It seems that the thermostat also affects areas outside the Krusty Krab.
  • The footage of Plankton's telescope shaking was re-used in "20,000 Patties Under the Sea," but with a different background.
  • This is the first episode to contain a diacritic in its title, with the second being "Séance Shméance."
  • This was the first episode to be written by Eric Shaw.
  • This is the second episode where Plankton has hidden inside something on Old Man Walker's tray. The first is "The Algae's Always Greener," where he hides inside his ketchup bottle.
  • This episode marks the second instance of a pool opening up at the Krusty Krab, after "The Endless Summer."
  • This is the last episode to play the production track "Sunny Samoa."
  • This is one of two episodes Erik Wiese would provide storyboard plussing for in season 5, the other being "SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget."
  • On the December 10, 2021 airing, this episode was paired up with "The Secret Box."[12]
  • On the December 25, 2021 airing, this episode was paired up with "Survival of the Idiots."[13]

Dub facts[]

  • In the Tagalog dub, a few seconds of the episode are cut when Plankton runs away from SpongeBob with the patty.
Writers and storyboard directors - Welsh

An incorrect writer is listed.


Cultural references[]

  • This episode's title is French for "Krabs with Ice Cream," which is also a pun on the food "pie à la mode," which is French for "Pie with ice cream."
  • When Plankton is about to freeze the Krusty Krab, he refers to a song called "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" by saying, "Into every life, a little rain must fall, Krabs."
  • The scene in which Mr. Krabs calls Santa Claus "Santy Claus" references the 1989 film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, where Ruby Sue calls Clark Griswold "Santy Claus."
  • Plankton sarcastically refers to Karen as "the wind beneath my wings." This is a reference to the 1982 song of the same name.
  • The Clamboni references the Zamboni.
  • The part when Patrick gets his tongue stuck to a pole at the Krusty Krab references the 1983 Christmas movie A Christmas Story, where Flick gets his tongue stuck to the flagpole at school.

Errors[]

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The Galley Grub is misspelled as "Galley Grus."

  • When everyone points at Squidward for changing the thermostat, the Galley Grub is misspelled as "Galley Grus."
  • In several shots of the thermostat, the "Do not touch thermostat ever" sign cannot be seen. It appears only when Mr. Krabs mentions it.
    • The alarm over the thermostat also disappears after just one shot of it.
  • When Mr. Krabs turns the thermostat back to 62° at the beginning of the episode, he turns it the wrong way. He turns it to the right which is to increase the temperature, not left to decrease the temperature.
  • When the episode begins, it is shown that it was snowing outside, but in the scene where the kids are playing in Mr. Krabs' yard, there's no snow or any signs of cold weather.
  • When Old Man Jenkins got out of the restroom after closing, he is locked in but isn't explained how he got out. He is seen again the next day and now has winter clothes on.
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Frozen cash register error.

  • There's one shot with the frozen cash register, but in other scenes, the cash register is not frozen.
  • When one of the Krabby Patties lands on Squidward, there is lettuce. In the next shot, the lettuce is gone.
  • SpongeBob's Krusty Krab employee hat is missing when customers want patty skates, but it is back on when he delivers them.
  • When SpongeBob starts giving people patty skates, he gives them uncooked burgers, not frozen patties.
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SpongeBob's visible eyelashes mistake.

  • When SpongeBob squints his eyes to see Plankton carrying the patty, his eyes are half-closed, but his eyelashes are still seen.
  • When Plankton gets hit by the ice hockey players, almost out of the Krusty Krab, after he screams with a colored moving background, he glitches into the frame of the next scene.
  • At one point, when Plankton is driving the Clamboni, Incidental 103 and Incidental 153 do not have legs and Incidental 41 does not have lower legs.
  • When SpongeBob gets hit with the Clamboni, he is closest to the front of the Clamboni when everybody else gets ran over. However, when Plankton is trying to get out the door, SpongeBob is in the very front of the bunch of people closest to the door.
  • Plankton shouldn't have been able to change the temperature of the thermostat again because the dial was frozen.
    • Also, the ice on the thermostat disappears after Plankton removes the paper on the thermostat.
  • When Plankton is freezing and unfreezing people, the water is waist-high, but when he falls off, and Mr. Krabs freezes him, the water is only an inch high.
  • When Plankton falls in the water, Mr. Krabs freezes him using the thermostat. Mr. Krabs and every other person at the Krusty Krab should have been frozen too, since they were also in the water.
    • Mr. Krabs most likely jumps to prevent getting frozen or they are most likely able to get outside help.
  • The clock of the Krusty Krab is not frozen, while the other objects are.

Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French Patinoire, piscine... Ice Rink, Swimming Pool...
German Krabs auf Eis Krabs on Ice
Italian La guerra del termostato The Thermostat War
Russian Крабс а-ля мод
Krabs a-lya mod		 Krabs à la Mode
Spanish (Latin America) Cangrejo al estilo de la casa Krabs House Style
Spanish (Spain) Cangrejo a la moda Krabs Up to Date

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/new-episodes-of-spongebob-in-uk.19400/
  2. ^ https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/spongebob-movie-and-best-day-ever-premiere-on-nick-uk-next-monday.21800/#post-331371
  3. ^ NickSplat showtimes - June 2007
  4. ^ Season 5 in Israel - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
  5. ^ Deleted scene
  6. ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Spongebob Squarepants : no. 85."]. United States Copyright Office.
  7. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants - Head Back To Bikini Bottom For 7 Never-Before-On-DVD Episodes - TVShowsOnDVD
  8. ^ DVD Episodes Revealed & More! - SBMania Forums
  9. ^ Erik Wiese on Instagram - "Doing some cleaning..."
  10. ^ Scrapped Episode Concepts & Titles - The SpongeBob Community Forums
  11. ^ Deleted scene
  12. ^ Nickstory - December 10, 2021
  13. ^ Nickstory - December 25, 2021
  14. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants - Krabs a la Mode Title (Welsh)
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