Krusty Love

Krusty Love
General
Production code:	170
Season №:	2
Episode №:	36b
Airdate:	January 24, 2002 September 6, 2002 See more... October 30, 2001 (EBS) August 11, 2002 October 5, 2002 October 30, 2002 November 15, 2002 October 30, 2003 October 25, 2005 December 26, 2005 April 18, 2008 October 28, 2008 June 22, 2019 U.S. premiere time (ET): 8:15 pm Copyright year: 2001 (produced) 2002 (copyrighted) U.S. viewers (millions): 3.70 Running time: 11 minutes, 19 seconds Sister episode(s): "Graveyard Shift"
U.S. premiere time (ET):	8:15 pm
Copyright year:	2001 (produced) 2002 (copyrighted)
U.S. viewers (millions):	3.70
Running time:	11 minutes, 19 seconds
Sister episode(s):	"Graveyard Shift"
Credits
Writer(s):	Doug Lawrence Jay Lender William Reiss
Storyboard Artist(s):	William Reiss
Storyboard:	Jay Lender
Animation:	Sean Dempsey
Creative:	Derek Drymon
Chronology
Previous	"Graveyard Shift"
Next	"Procrastination"

"Krusty Love" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 2. In this episode, Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

Characters

• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Mrs. Puff
• Mr. Puff ^(debut)
• Bikini Bottomites
  • Incidental 4
  • Incidental 27
  • Incidental 37A
  • Incidental 47
  • Incidental 63
  • Incidental 69
  • Incidental 85
• Person who turns on the Mr. Puff lamp ^(debut)
• Squid massage therapist ^(debut)
• Imported pianist ^(debut)
• Anchovy waiters ^(debut)
• French Narrator

Synopsis

One day at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs' keen sense of smell informs him that his cash register has a deficit of one penny. As he cries over his loss, SpongeBob reassures him that losing one penny is not that big of a deal. Mr. Krabs, however, sees that money as a very big deal, considering all that it can buy, and proclaims that nothing in the world matters more. Nothing, that is, except for the beautiful visage of Mrs. Puff he suddenly spies.

SpongeBob tells him who she is and offers to introduce the two of them. Despite Mr. Krabs' pleas that he is too old for love, SpongeBob brings him over to Mrs. Puff's table. However, Mr. Krabs becomes extremely nervous and his attempts to communicate with her result in him talking in unintelligible speech as well as making strange body movements. SpongeBob steps in and after a series of mistakes, he tells Mrs. Puff that Mr. Krabs is trying to ask her out on a date. Surprisingly, she finds Mr. Krabs to have quite a way with words and accepts his offer, much to his joy.

Fancy!

That night, Mr. Krabs takes Mrs. Puff to a fancy restaurant and showers her with lavish services: foot rubs in between courses, caricatures, live music from a scuba diver, and transportation in a limousine. Mr. Krabs then receives a bill and is outraged that he is being charged $100. The waiter apologizes and hands him the proper bill. Upon learning that he is actually being charged $100,000, a horrified Mr. Krabs screams so loudly it causes the glass bottle that the restaurant is contained within to explode.

Back at home, Mr. Krabs sobs hysterically as SpongeBob questions him on how he could spend such a ridiculous amount of money in one night. Mr. Krabs says that in his infatuated state, he couldn't help himself. He starts to worry about how much money he'll lose on his date the following day, then gets an idea: he gives SpongeBob his wallet and tells him to come along on the date to prevent him from spending any more money.

"Mrs. Puff needs a new fur coat!"

The next day arrives, and Mr. Krabs decides the most cost-effective activity would be to take Mrs. Puff to the park. But after arriving at Mrs. Puff's house, Mr. Krabs commands SpongeBob to buy Mrs. Puff some flowers and a box of chocolates, as well as a large amount of increasingly expensive and unnecessary things. But each time SpongeBob returns with the requested purchase, Mr. Krabs gets mad and scolds him for breaking their agreement. Eventually, a tired and fed up SpongeBob calls him out on his inconsistency, to which Mr. Krabs laments that he does not want to lose Mrs. Puff, who is still waiting to go to the park as she sits upon the mountain of gifts and sobs again.

Feeling bad, SpongeBob leaves and comes back with a washing machine that Mr. Krabs supposedly asked for. But the latter once again berates SpongeBob for spending his money, and after he makes a snide comment and wonders whether Mrs. Puff will need a dryer as well, SpongeBob has got something to say.

Finally having enough, SpongeBob snaps, then badmouths off Mr. Krabs for his behavior, before angrily leaving the area. A shocked Mrs. Puff walks up to an even more shocked Mr. Krabs and calmly tells him that for her part, she does not feel comfortable accepting so many such expensive gifts, preferring to "go Dutch". She then hands Mr. Krabs some money, while calling him sweet and kisses him, leaving him utterly love-struck as the episode ends.

Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Latin Lesson - Rolf Asberg [Title card]

 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [opening]
 • Steel Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs crying]
 • Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr [Krabs sees Mrs. Puff]
 ‣ Clear as Daylight - Gerhard Trede [Krabs sees Mrs. Puff]
 ‣ Tales from the Swamp (a) - Ron Goodwin [Mrs. Puff panics]
 ‣ Witty Fellow - Gerhard Trede [Krabs speaking gibberish]
 ‣ Cha Cha Nova - Gerhard Narholz ["You have a way with words, Mr. Krabs!"]
 ‣ Deadline - Sam Spence ["Ready for your date, Mr. Krabs?"]
 ‣ Cocktail Lounge - Dick Stephen Walter [fancy restaurant]
 ‣ Dramatic Impact 3 - Ivor Slaney [Krabs screams]
 • Drowsy Reef - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs crying]
 ‣ More or Less Romantic A - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Krabs tells SpongeBob to buy things for Mrs. Puff/"SpongeBob, where's the chocolates?"/"Here's those chocolates I bought for you."]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [Krabs apologizes]
 ‣ The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [sailor's promise]
 ‣ Latin Lesson - Rolf Asberg [SpongeBob running back and forth]
 ‣ Lonely Violin - Dick Stephen Walter ["Please, lad, I'm begging you."]
 ‣ Timpani - Glissandos (a) - Gary Kettel ["Do you think Mrs. Puff will need a dryer?"]
 ‣ Comic Walk - Sidney Torch [SpongeBob yelling at Krabs]
 ‣ Holiday Dream - Max Mahlmann [ending]

Release

• This episode is available on The Seascape Capers, Complete 2nd Season, The First & Second Seasons, The SpongeBob Super Square Collection, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The Houses of the Band, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 3, From the Beginning, Pt.1, The Complete Second Season, SpookTacular, Loveable Sponge and First 100 Episodes DVDs.
• This episode is available on The Seascape Capers VHS (UK version) tape.
• This episode is also available on VideoNow.

Reception

• "Krusty Love" was ranked #83 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
• "Krusty Love" was ranked #84 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia

General

• This episode premiered in Canada on January 24, 2002, eight months before it premiered in the United States.
  • This episode premiered in Russia on August 11, 2002, a month before it premiered in the United States.
• Items that Mrs. Puff gets on her and Mr. Krabs' second date:
  • Flowers
  • Chocolates
  • A sun hat
  • A fur coat
  • A pair of shoes
  • Fine jewelry
  • An umbrella
  • A bicycle
  • A surfboard
  • A grandfather clock
  • An anchor weight
  • A television set
  • A canopy bed
  • Golf clubs
  • A teddy bear
  • An inner tube
  • A bowling ball
  • A baseball
  • A dartboard and three darts
  • A sink and faucet
  • A plant
  • A table
  • A washing machine
  • A toaster with some bread
  • A beach ball
  • A glass
  • At least eight books, including a dictionary
  • A stereo system
  • A crown
  • A ruby
  • Various other items
• In this episode, it is revealed that Mrs. Puff's husband was killed by humans and turned into a light cover for a lamp.
• This marks the first time Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff and falls in love with something/someone besides money.
• This is the first time that Mr. Krabs and Pearl's house appears in an episode without Pearl.
• SpongeBob talking gibberish to Mr. Krabs is meant to be swearing. He has cursed in front of him before in "Sailor Mouth."
• In European Spanish, SpongeBob says the same curse as the original, although in the Latin American Spanish version, it is babbling and every sentence ends in-ufala. In the end, he shouts: "In the wallet of Mr. Krabs!"
• In the Dutch version of the swearing scene, SpongeBob shouts several swear words, including something like "(...) Mr. Krabs, and the (...) wallet!," with the blank spaces being covered by beeping noises, which is a common way to censor profanity in TV programs.
• In the Italian version of the same scene, SpongeBob doesn't yell in gibberish: he just says he's sick and tired of all of this and yells at Mr. Krabs to put his money where the sun don't shine, implying to put them in his butt.
• In the Valentine's Day week, this episode airs with "Valentine's Day."
• In the Croatian dub, the episode's title is "Zaljubljeni Klještić," which translates to "Krabs in Love."
• Mr. Krabs meets Mrs. Puff in this episode. However, in an older episode, "Life of Crime," he gets a gift from her. He later says "Oh, that was a close one," while looking at her hair curlers. Mrs. Puff is also seen in the Krusty Krab in "Texas."
• The scene where SpongeBob says "We're talking about this" and makes a line on-screen has become a meme.
• "What happened to Mr. Puff?" has become an internet meme, where some other strange outcome would replace Mr. Puff.

Errors

• Even though this along with "Graveyard Shift" premiered in 2002 and had a copyright date of that year, it was actually made in 2001 due to the next episode having a 2001 copyright.

The gap is gone.

• When SpongeBob whispers to Mr. Krabs, the gap in his teeth disappears.
• When Mr. Krabs wildly swings his arms outward as to say no to SpongeBob after he says "Hit you with a rake," in the frame where Mr. Krabs' claws cross paths, they are both connected.

• When SpongeBob says "It's all really confusing," Mr. Krabs' nose turns light red.
• After Mrs. Puff looks up SpongeBob's language and sets the dictionary down, when she gets up, the dictionary instantly moves to the pillow.

Running gags

• Mr. Krabs telling SpongeBob to get several items for Mrs. Puff, and every time SpongeBob does so, Mr. Krabs complains about having his money wasted.

Videos

Mr. Krabs Asks Mrs. Puff on a Date! 🦀🐡 From "Krusty Love" SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob Iconic Moment Impressing Mrs. Puff SpongeBob's Best Year Ever