"Krusty Krab Training Video" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 3. In this episode, the Krusty Krab is featured in an instructional video for future employees.
Characters[]
- Narrator (single appearance)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Giraffe (debut) (cameo)
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Incidentals
- Hoopla (debut)
- Squidward Tentacles
- Robot overlords (mentioned)
- Patrick Star
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Bot burger (debut)
Synopsis[]
For every new Krusty Krab employee, the ultimate career goal is to create a mouth-watering Krabby Patty by hand. However, before one can even think of picking up a spatula, one must thoroughly learn the ropes of the restaurant game, and the Krusty Krab Training Video is the perfect tool for fine-tuning the fresh new cog enthusiastically entering the service industry machine.
1: From Humble Beginnings
Eugene H. Krabs, from his childhood to his post-war years, has always had an eye for finance. Despite his long battle with depression since the war, his apt business sense leads to him converting a bankrupt retirement home into the restaurant one may know as the Krusty Krab.
2: The Krusty Krab Today
With the number of technological breakthroughs involved with today's restaurant, a new worker not yet in the know can quickly become overwhelmed. Thankfully, SpongeBob is ready and willing to guide the way to being a good employee, while the less thoroughly prepared employee, tentatively called "Squidward," shall at least provide a clear example of what not to be.
"But what does P.O.O.P. mean?"
3: Training
For a new employee woefully ignorant of what the customer has come to expect from their Krusty Krab dining experience, learning the meaning of P.O.O.P. (People Order Our Patties) will make things quite clear and concise.
4: Personal Hygiene
The requirements for both cleanliness and personal appearance that an employee is obligated to adhere to are stringent. With diligence and enough soap, however, any employee can learn how to enter each new shift as clean as a whistle. SpongeBob displays all the required steps compared to Squidward attempting none of it.
5: Your Workstation
Keeping the cooking and service areas clear of detritus is also very important, and while SpongeBob illustrates how to maintain the order of his tools and ingredients, Squidward demonstrates the trouble a poorly kept station leads to.
6: Interfacing with Your Boss
One should never fear to ask the proprietor for a raise because the answer will always be the same. This section also covers interacting with the equally important "Krustomers" for optimally profitable results.
Plankton trying to steal a Krabby Patty.
7: Emergency Situation
In the event of attempted theft, especially by one Sheldon J. Plankton, this section clearly details the proper protocol for protecting a Krabby Patty in peril. The narrator also reminds Squidward to remember P.O.O.P.
Once these lessons have been grilled to perfection into the new employee's brain, he or she shall be ready to reverently receive the secret and sacred method of preparing a Krabby Patty for consumption.
Production[]
This episode was in production in 2002.
Storyboards[]
Rough sketches[]
Paintings[]
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Model sheets[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Waltzing Flutes - Gerhard Narholz [Title card]
‣ Quest for the Best 1 - David Reilly [Opening montage]
‣ The Wheels of Industry - Robert Sharples ["Welcome aboard!"]
‣ Blow The Man Down (c) - Robert Alexander White [After the war]
‣ The Wheels of Industry - Robert Sharples [Retirement home]
‣ Quest for the Best 1 - David Reilly [The Krusty Krab Today]
‣ Street Scene - Robert Farnon [Fast food technology]
‣ Screw on the Loose - Tony Lowry [P.O.O.P.]
‣ Hustle and Bustle - Jack Beaver [Personal Hygiene]
‣ So Tired - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy ["Remember, no employee wants to be a Squidward."]
‣ Crepe Suzette - Cyril Watters [Your Work Station]
‣ So Tired - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Squidward's workstation]
‣ Crepe Suzette - Cyril Watters [Interfacing With Your Boss]
‣ Life or Death - Jack Beaver [Emergency Situation]
‣ Zelle 506 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton is thrown back to the Chum Bucket]
‣ Crepe Suzette - Cyril Watters [Checking in on Squidward]
‣ Great Achievements - Nick Glennie-Smith [Preparing the Krabby Patty]
‣ Quest for the Best 1 - David Reilly [Closing credits]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the Sponge for Hire DVD and VHS, Complete 3rd Season, Absorbingly SpongeBob, The Tom Kenny Collection, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob on DVD, SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants? (Greek release), Double DVD Fun 2, 3 DVD Pack, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 4, Complete Third Season, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Welcome Aboard, SpongeBob, You're Fired!, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Favorite Episodes, 2-Season TV Pack, The Third & Fourth Seasons, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Reception[]
- "Krusty Krab Training Video" was ranked #15 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
- This episode is number 15 on The Tom Kenny Collection on iTunes and Amazon.com. His description says:
- "'P.O.O.P. – People Order Our Patties.' Need I say more? That word being said repeatedly makes me laugh. Boy, am I mature, or what? A clever, outside-the-box episode."
Trivia[]
General[]
- The scene where the SpongeBob clones say, "I'm ready" and get splattered by the fly swatters was used in a 2018 Nicktoons Up Next bumper.
- According to the episode's Pop-Up Trivia Facts found on The Complete 3rd Season DVD special features, this is one of the most popular episodes in season three and the series.[citation needed]
- Atlantis is mentioned in this episode.
- According to production art, this episode was going to be called "All Aboard."
- This is the last episode to have aired on the Friday Night Party with the Nicktoons event.
- According to The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash marathon's Celebrity Favorites, this is Keke Palmer's favorite episode.
- This marks the 100th episode segment of the series in packaging order.
- "No Weenies Allowed" is the 100th episode in production order.
- Both this episode and its sister episode "Wet Painters" feature Mr. Krabs humming "Blow the Man Down."
- Apparently, Mr. Krabs has a fleeting fear of robot overlords, which prevents him from adding much technology to the Krusty Krab.
- This is further evidenced in the video games Battle for Bikini Bottom and Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated.
Plankton's bot burger LEGO version.
- Plankton's bot burger is also in Plankton, The Art of Evil character art PKTN 16,[1] SpongeBlogger (part of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie marketing campaign's Nickelodeon support)[2] Plan W,[3] Lights, Camera, Pants! Flippin' Out, The Chum Bucket LEGO set, SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis SquareOff bot_burger.swf, Gary's Adventure, the Krusty Krab Attack Mega Bloks set, Pick-a-Path, and SpongeBob Simulator.
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- The scene where the narrator reveals the Krabby Patty was referenced in the commercials for the Wendy's The Krabby Patty Kollab meal.
- When Mr. Krabs picks up Plankton to flick him out of the restaurant, the latter's sped-up voice slowed down can be heard saying, "Felicitations, malefactors! I am in town to find my minions. And I know just how to speak their lang-" before being flicked.
- This dialogue is later reused at its original speed in "Plankton's Army." It should be noted that the line featured in this episode is different than the line in "Plankton's Army," which is, "I'll canvas all the seediest lowbrow dives in town to find my minions. And I know just how to speak their language! Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formulary for the preparation of affordable comestibles!"
- The "Training Manual" has the Hungarian flag colors.
- SpongeBob is revealed to own a tape of the training video in "Appointment TV."
- This is the first episode for a few things:
- The first episode to be based as a training video. "Boat Smarts" is similar to this, though instead tackling the subject of a boater's education.
- The first episode to reveal Mr. Krabs' naval past as a war veteran. However, it is never revealed which war he fought in.
- The first episode where the closing credits use a different font and background.
- During the closing credits, the words and names are now in a generic credit font and scroll up over a solid black background.
- This is the second episode for two things:
- This is the fourth episode for two things:
- The fourth episode where the closing theme is not used in the credits. The first was in "Scaredy Pants"/"I Was a Teenage Gary," the second was in "Texas"/"Walking Small," and the third was in "Christmas Who?."
- The fourth wall is broken a few times in this episode, mainly during the scenes in which the characters acknowledge the narrator.
- SpongeBob asking or getting excited whenever the narrator brings up how to make a Krabby Patty, only for the narrator to stop him.
- After the narrator refers to Squidward as the not so good employee, he is able to hear him and looks slightly offended.
- Patrick getting scared when he hears the narrator's voice and referring to him as the "talking ceiling."
- When Patrick is unable to decide what he wants to order, the narrator asks Squidward to remember the P.O.O.P. abbreviation, to which he acknowledges.
The Maximum Overdrive meme.
- The following scenes from this episode have become internet memes:
- SpongeBob checking his files so he can check if the ingredients are out of place.
- The P.O.O.P. abbreviation.
- Plankton's line "Not when I shift into maximum overdrive!"
- The narrator introducing how to prepare the Krabby Patty.
Plankton saying, "Eugene Harold Krabs" in the Only the Clonely comic strip.
- Mr. Krabs' full name is revealed in this episode as Eugene H. Krabs.
- However, it is not revealed in this episode what the "H" stands for. According to SpongeBob SquarePants Trading Cards Premiere Edition card 4 and to the Only the Clonely comic strip found in SpongeBob Comics No. 54, Mr. Krabs' middle name is Harold.
- Between this episode and the first confirmation of his middle name, "Born Again Krabs" uses the name Harold for him in a different context.
- However, it is not revealed in this episode what the "H" stands for. According to SpongeBob SquarePants Trading Cards Premiere Edition card 4 and to the Only the Clonely comic strip found in SpongeBob Comics No. 54, Mr. Krabs' middle name is Harold.
- Due to the nature of this episode parodying company training videos, the music used is mostly orchestral, with no Hawaiian-themed cues, and only one sea shanty cue, "Blow the Man Down," when briefly talking about Mr. Krabs' naval career.
- The font used on the title card and credits is Arial Bold.
- A clip from the episode where the narrator is talking about how the employees should always wash their hands before work was used in a 2020 bumper called "How To Wash Your Hands" that was made to remind people to wash their hands and be safe from the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
- For unknown reasons, this episode and its sister episode were rated 13+ on Amazon Prime Video in August 2020.[citation needed]
- This has since been corrected as of October 2020, and the episode is back to being rated its original TV-Y7 rating on Amazon Prime Video.
The flashback of Mr. Krabs as a kid as seen in "Ain't That the Tooth."
- In TV airings from 2002 to 2006, the logo from the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats - the 1998 Klasky Csupo logo, which features their mascot Splaat - appears instead of the normal United Plankton Pictures, Inc. logo. The reason the wrong logo was inserted is that the show's closing credits were electronically inserted alongside promos from other Nickelodeon programming and the show's closing logos. When the data was entered for this episode, the wrong credits were programmed in. Video evidence can be seen here.
- On the November 10, 2006 airing, this episode was paired with "F.U.N.."[5]
- The flashback of Mr. Krabs as a kid is later referenced in "Ain't That the Tooth."
- A rumor circulated for a long time that the original airing of "Krusty Krab Training Video" ended differently, namely without the cutoff. However, as proven by original tapings of the first airing, this is flat out completely untrue, with the episode always having the early cutoff even on its premiere broadcast (never mind that not having the cutoff - which would've revealed the secret Krabby Patty formula - would've completely ruined the joke).
Dub facts[]
- Due to time constraints and the amount of commercials, when the episode was aired in the Filipino dub in the channel ABS-CBN, some scenes were cut, such as the giraffe, the "Hoopla!" fish scene, the scenes with Patrick and Squidward, and the realistic Krabby Patty zooming were cut out. These scenes were aired normally in the Yey! and TV5 versions.
- Additionaly, the Hoopla fish says "Mahaba!" (long, referring to the amount of time) instead of "hoopla."[6]
- In the Malay dub, instead of having SpongeBob saying "Mr. Krabs, may I have a raise?," he asks "Mr. Krabs, may I ask?"
- Also in the same dub, as Plankton is being picked up by Mr. Krabs, he says "Beg to me, me, me, me, me... aaah!"
Cultural references[]
- The music playing during two photo montages of the Krusty Krab being shown is "Quest for the Best 1," which is a parody of "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
- At one point, a young Mr. Krabs is humming the tune of "Blow the Man Down," the sea shanty on which the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song is based off.
- The sign in the bathroom written in English ("Please Wash Your Fins") and Spanish ("Lave Las Aletas") is a parody of other similar signs found in public retail stores.
- When Mr. Krabs says "The money is always right," it is a parody of "The customer is always right," a common phrase in business used to prevent profit-damaging quarrels between customers and staff.
Errors[]
- The narrator says, "The store closes at six," but the Krusty Krab is a restaurant, not a store. So, he should have said, "The restaurant closes at six."
- Mr. Krabs makes the exact same mistake in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V."
Krasty Krab.
- In the Bengali dub's title card, "Krusty Krab" is misspelled as "Krasty Krab."
- In the Filipino dub, the secret formula is called Lihim na Formula (secret formula). In other episodes, it is called Sikretong Sangkap (secret ingredient).
Two enter signs.
- In the first exterior shot of the Krusty Krab, there appears to be two enter signs.
Krusty Suprem.
- In the very beginning, on the Galley Grub, "Krusty Supreme" is misspelled as "Krusty Suprem." There is no price for the "Krusty Supreme" and the text is distorted.
- The graph, which shows the financial performance of the Krusty Krab, has the axis featuring the profits inverted, so the Krusty Krab's profits are actually going down.
- However, the X-axis on the graph is labeled power rather than time, and the y-axis is entirely unlabeled. While the graph initially seems to display profit, it actually seems to display nothing at all.
The Krabby Patty sign is shown on the Rusty Krab window on the left; The Galley Grub is also seen.
- The Rusty Krab has a Krabby Patty sign in the window, even though it was not being sold at that time. The Galley Grub sign can be seen also with the kitchen window.
Krabby Pattie.
The customers, along with Patrick and Squidward are missing.
- In the second montage of still photos of the Krusty Krab, the ninth picture shows the menu that has "Krabby Patty" misspelled as "Krabby Pattie."
- This exact error also occurs in "Pickles."
The Galley Grub is missing.
- When Incidental 40 is ordering a Krabby Patty, the "Galley Grub" is missing.
- The sign in the bathroom that reads "Please Wash Your Fins" and "Lave Las Aletas" has a slight translation error. The Spanish phrase "Lave Las Aletas" translates to "Wash The Fins," while it should read "Por Favor Lave Las Aletas," which translates to "Please Wash The Fins," or for a more accurate translation, "Por Favor Lave Sus Aletas," which translates to "Please Wash Your Fins."
- When four robotic arms come out from the bot burger which starts to walk, the bot burger neither just simply falls nor jumps from the table to the floor. Instead, it just simply walks straight from the table to the floor.
- In this episode, Plankton's eyelid is dark green, but in other episodes from the first three seasons, it is the same color as his deep-green body.
- Plankton's dark green eyelid would become standard from Season 4 onwards.
Plankton's dark green eyelid.
- When Mr. Krabs throws Plankton back to the Chum Bucket, nobody is seen running the register, nor are there any customers, but in the next shot, Squidward and Patrick are seen.
- In the same shot, Plankton's mouth is not moving even though he is still heard speaking.
- When SpongeBob acts like a dog, his tongue detaches from his mouth for a couple of frames.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Видеокурс для сотрудников «Красти Краба» Videokurs dlya sotrudnikov «Krasti Kraba» |
Training Video for Krusty Krab Employees |
| Spanish (American) | Vídeo de entrenamiento del Crustáceo Cascarudo | Krusty Krab Training Video |
| Spanish (European) | Vídeo de formación | Training Video |
References[]
- ^ https://issuu.com/d.krassner/docs/sb_plankton_tool_kit/5
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050322192709/http://www.pmalink.org/awards/reggie2005/index.asp?interface=external&action=entry&screen=view&popup=1&categoryID=628
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100814074955/http://www.spongeblogger.com/plansay.jhtml
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/nickelodeon/videos/spongebob-hand-washing-tutorial/2568184686642938/
- ^ November 10, 2006 - Nickstory
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/@spongebob_tagalog_bites/video/7436713056136219911
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CxVi9TQrnfK/
- ^ https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1703781465513988290
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/ParamountPlus/videos/1496080584475966/
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