Pickles

If you were looking for the article about the food, then see Pickles (food).

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Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Incidental 31
• John
• Incidental 4
• Incidental 17
• Bubble Bass ^(debut)
• Fred ^(blue)
• Anchovy
  • Lenny
  • Incidental 68 ^(debut)
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Horace
• Jimmy Gus
• Evelyn Annette
• Incidental 9 ^(green)
• Incidental 21
• Incidental 12
• Incidental 2 ^(purple)
• Incidental 3
• Tom John
• Incidental 70 ^(debut)
• Nancy
• Tina Fran
• Incidental 20
• Gary the Snail
• Billy ^(debut)
• Martha Doris Smith ^(debut)
• Joe
• Incidental 10
• Incidental 67 ^(debut)
• Incidental 73 ^(debut)
• Thaddeus ^(debut)
• Incidental 60 ^(debut)
• Incidental 62 ^(debut)
• Incidental 69 ^(debut)
• Incidental 61 ^(debut)
• Sadie
• Nurse Rechid
• Evelyn
• Abigail (light blue fish)
• Incidental 35
• Shubie Peterson
• Incidental 71 ^(debut)

Synopsis

"We serve food here sir."

The episode starts with a normal day at the Krusty Krab, until an overweight bass named Bubble Bass comes along and makes a long and confusing order. SpongeBob quickly creates the patty Bubble Bass has on his mind and serves it to him, but Bubble Bass complains about there being no pickles on his patty, much to SpongeBob's horror.

Mr. Krabs takes money out of SpongeBob’s pay because Bubble Bass reads the microscopic print below the menu that says "Money Back Guarantee" on it. SpongeBob loses his confidence and his mind, and cannot remember how to do anything, even to the extent that he made a Krabby Patty with inedible ingredients. Mr. Krabs tells him to go home and get some rest, but SpongeBob can't even remember how to properly get in bed. Mr. Krabs has Squidward take over the grill, which leads to disaster, with Squidward (somehow) burning and ruining all of the food and driving away customers, and burning their shakes.

Mr. Krabs worries about losing money, so he goes to SpongeBob's house, where everything is mixed up. The music and SpongeBob's speech are both mixed up too. Mr. Krabs explains to SpongeBob that if he remembers how to make a Krabby Patty, he will be back in order. It takes days, but SpongeBob eventually learns how to make a Krabby Patty properly again, albeit unintentionally due to believing he could not do it.

"Three cheers for SpongeBob!"

SpongeBob returns to the Krusty Krab, where Bubble Bass confronts him again. SpongeBob serves him his meal confidently, but Bubble Bass announces again that there are no pickles and tells SpongeBob that he has lost again. However, when he takes one look at his mouth, SpongeBob realizes Bubble Bass' trick and reveals that Bubble Bass has been hiding the pickles under his tongue the whole time to avoid paying, as well as Shubie's car keys, exposing Bubble Bass of his treachery.

Bubble Bass immediately runs away to escape punishment, and Mr. Krabs calls for three cheers for SpongeBob's return which everyone does. SpongeBob then calls for three cheers for Squidward for taking his place while he was gone. However, the crowd jeers instead of cheers because of the awful job Squidward did with that, but SpongeBob assumes they are cheering and continues saying “Hip Hip”. Squidward’s frown gets droopier with each jeer and last jeer then goes: "Boo, you stink!" before the episode ends.

Production

Art

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • ? [Tubular bell before "The Gunfighter" title card music.]
 ‣ The Gunfighter - Franco Micalizzi, Roberto Predagio [Title card]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [Opening/"One crying Johnny up!"/SpongeBob quickly makes 12 Krabby Patties on wheat buns./"Can I get some extra salt?"]
 ‣ Fight and Chase - Sammy Burdson [Bubble Bass introduced]
 ‣ The Gunfighter - Franco Micalizzi, Roberto Predagio ["I hear talk you make a mean Krabby Patty."]
 ‣ Bell Tree [#86.01] - David Arnold ["Here you go!"]
 ‣ The Eternal Wave - The Langhorns [Bubble Bass eats the patty]
 ‣ Phantom Train - The Surfdusters ["This is pretty good, only one thing..."]
 ‣ Action Cut (a) - Gregor F. Narholz ["You forgot the pickles!"]
 ‣ The Gypsy Violinist - Dick Stephen Walter [SpongeBob looking for the pickles]
 ‣ Sailor's Waltz - Heinz Matschurat [money back guarantee]
 ‣ Martial Links - Sam Fonteyn [SpongeBob forgets how to make Krabby Patties]
 ‣ Dramatic Stabs - John Fox ["The front door is missing!"]
 ‣ Hawaiian Farewell - George Elliott [SpongeBob at home]
 ‣ On the Beach - Kapono Beamer [that night]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [burnt Krabby Patties]
 ‣ Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie ["I got to get SpongeBob back!"]
 ‣ Dancing the Hula - Kapono Beamer [played backwards when Mr. Krabs visits SpongeBob]
 ‣ Chinese Past 2 - Yew Phoon [gong]
 ‣ Nirvana - Yasotha Somasundram ["If you learn to make a Krabby Patty again..."]
 ‣ Troop Movement - Sam Fonteyn [several days pass]
 ‣ The Gunfighter - Franco Micalizzi, Roberto Predagio ["It's time."]
 ‣ The Stranger in Town - Tony Kinsey [SpongeBob returns to the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Bandits - Andy Allan, Martyn Laight [pickles under Bubble Bass' tongue]
 ‣ Captain Lenoe's - Michael Arthur, Colin Cater, Mick Graves, The Folk Players, Sarah Graves, Simon Ritchie [ending]

Release

• This episode is available on the Sea Stories, Complete 1st Season, First 100 Episodes, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, From the Beginning, Pt.1, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 1, SpongeBob SquarePants, iSponge Offer Pack, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, Complete First Season, and Hall Monitor DVDs along with SpongeBob SquarePants Volume 2 on GBA Video and on VideoNow.

Reception

• "Pickles" was ranked #27 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.

Trivia

General

• This is the first episode where the title is a food.
• It is revealed that the Krusty Krab has a "Money Back Guarantee" written on the Galley Grub, only with a literally microscopic font size.
• This is the first of four episodes transcribed as a comic into the SpongeBob SquarePants/Tokyopop book Krusty Krab Adventures.
• Before SpongeBob makes the second Krabby Patty, he looks at his reflection in the spatula. In all other episodes, his spatula has slits, but here it is solid.
• This episode, "Help Wanted," "Employee of the Month," and "Best Day Ever" are the only four to have SpongeBob's bed placed on the right side of his room instead of the left.
• Despite the fact the Mr. Krabs is terrible at making Krabby Patties, he actually knows the ingredients and if necessary, has the secret formula.
• In this episode, SpongeBob reveals the ingredients of the Krabby Patty, although he does not mention the secret ingredient. In "Plankton!," SpongeBob also lists the parts of the patty.
• When SpongeBob regains his knowledge of making Krabby Patties, the order of his ingredients is switched around. For example, at the beginning of the episode, he had ketchup and mustard immediately following the patty, but when he unknowingly makes a Krabby Patty correctly in front of Mr. Krabs, the ketchup and mustard are more towards the top.
• The way SpongeBob messes up the order of ingredients is as follows:
  • Bun, ketchup, mustard.
  • Bun, mustard, ketchup, lettuce, mustard.
  • Bun, mustard, bun.
  • Bun, mustard, bun, ketchup.
  • Bun, mustard, bun, ketchup, shoe, mustard, pan, bun.
• The line "He burnt my shake!" has become a popular Internet meme.
• Bubble Bass' first order has become a popular internet meme.
  • His first order: "I'll take a Double Triple Bossy Deluxe on a raft, 4 x 4 animal style, extra shingles with a shimmy and a squeeze, light axle grease, make it cry, burn it, and let it swim!"
  • What Bubble Bass' order translates to is an all-beef patty with 24 patties and 24 slices of cheese with everything on it with toast instead of buns, the patties are fried in mustard, there are two pieces of toast per layer with butter on the toast, orange juice to drink, jelly on the toast as well, fry the onions, cook them well done, and drench them in sauce.
• When Mr. Krabs says "We got Squidward!" the cash register sound is heard, along with Squidward's hand near the register, but there is no customer.
• This marks the first appearance of Bubble Bass, who becomes a recurring character by season 10.
• This is the first time "Dancing the Hula" plays. In this episode, it plays in reverse when Mr. Krabs is at SpongeBob's house.
• Glitter appears on the title card. Glitter is also used on the title cards for "Sleepy Time" and "Imitation Krabs."
• In the Polish version of the episode, in the ending, the customer says "Boo! Squidward stinks!" instead of "Boo! You stink!"
• The order for SpongeBob while trying to go to bed was that he said "Mattress, SpongeBob, mattress, sheet, and pillow," he was close, but the real order was "Mattress, mattress, pillow, SpongeBob, and sheet."
• In the Latin American version of this episode, SpongeBob mentions "Crab" while preparing the Krabby Patty.
• This episode marks another appearance of the drive-thru window. When Bubble Bass walks up to the register, it can be seen with a crate in the background.
• This episode premiered on Stephen Hillenburg's 38th birthday.
• This is the first episode where Squidward is shown taking the role as fry cook.
• It is unknown how the Krusty Krab stayed in business after SpongeBob left for several days because in later seasons, the Krusty Krab can't function without SpongeBob.
• Here are the sentences SpongeBob mixes up after his confidence loss and the sentences rearranged next to them.
  • "Mr. Krabs, hello. Do you how do?" ("Mr. Krabs, hello. How do you do?")
  • "I anything can't do right since because pickles." ("I can't do anything right because since pickles.")
  • "I think don't ready to go to work, Mr. Krabs." ("I don't think ready to go to work, Mr. Krabs.")
  • "I how do that?" ("How I do that?")

Cultural references

• The stare-off between Bubble Bass and SpongeBob is a reference to the 1966 Italian film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
• Bubble Bass' initial order consists of actual "Hash-House" jargon, albeit the main exception being "let it swim," an alteration of "let it walk." When deciphered, his order consists of a Krabby Patty with 24 mustard-grilled all-beef patties with double toppings, four extra cheese slices, extra grilled onions, double extra special sauce, all on stacked lightly buttered toast to go.
  • The "4x4 animal style" part is also an order on the secret menu from the American regional fast-food restaurant chain In-N-Out Burger.
• The showdown between SpongeBob and Bubble Bass mocks the clichés of several spaghetti westerns.

Errors

• When SpongeBob asks where his house is, Mr. Krabs points north, even though that way leads to the Chum Bucket.
• Before SpongeBob gets into bed, he says "then sheets, pillow'" which probably meant "sheets, then pillow."
• When SpongeBob is going back to the Krusty Krab, he is seen wearing his hat. When he looks into the spatula, it is gone. It reappears in all other scenes.
• When SpongeBob looks into the spatula, the spatula has no holes through it. However, in the rest of the scene, it does.
• When SpongeBob is trying to remember how to get into bed, he says "Mattress, mattress, sheets, pillow, then...SpongeBob?". However, SpongeBob has three mattresses.
• When SpongeBob says "I'm right here Bubble Bass," SpongeBob's footsteps can be heard, even though he does not take any steps at all. This could have been a sound effect.
• After the fish gasp and the whole school of fish are zooming up, at the bottom center-left a fish is sitting at a table.
• When Mr. Krabs first unrolls the blue mat of Krabby Patty ingredients, the ketchup bottle is significantly smaller than the mustard. After the passage of several days, it is equal to the mustard in size.
• When SpongeBob says, "I got it!" the onions are replaced with cheese, and in the next scene, the cheese is replaced with onions.
• When Mr. Krabs says "SpongeBob" when he goes to his home, his white undershirt is missing.

The fish doesn't have a mouth

• When Bubble Bass says, "You lose," John does not have a mouth.
• In this episode, on the Galley Grub, Krabby Patty is incorrectly spelled as "Krabby Pattie."
• When SpongeBob confronts Bubble Bass at the end of the episode, the Krusty Krab has no tables.
• When Bubble Bass runs from the Krusty Krab at the end of the episode, he is panting. However, his mouth is not open.
• SpongeBob says he cannot make a Double Krabby Patty with the works, but only one patty is used.
• When SpongeBob makes the 12 Krabby Patties, Perry and Francis are after John, but when John leaves, Bubble Bass is next.
  • Later, when Bubble Bass says, "SquarePants," Francis is seen eating a Krabby Patty.
• When Squidward says "Twelve patties on wheat buns!" for a brief second his neck is layered in front of his mouth.

Bubblebass

• In the credits, Bubble Bass is misspelled as "Bubblebass."
• During the montage of SpongeBob trying to figure out how to sleep, the ship horn alarm somehow moves its position back and forth between shots on its barrel.
• At the end of the episode, SpongeBob does the three cheers for Squidward, but he actually says "Hip hip..." four times.
• The morning after SpongeBob's rough night, he has a five o'clock shadow. Yet, when Mr. Krabs visits him later, he is clean-shaven. It is not possible that SpongeBob has figured out how to shave with how thrown off he was about the whole pickle debacle.

Running gags

• Bubble Bass throws Squidward.
• SpongeBob messes up on making Krabby Patties after he suffers a confidence loss.
• SpongeBob mixing up his words after suffering a confidence loss.

References

Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants V • E Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Music Nominees: Stephen Hillenburg, Donna Castricone, Nicholas R. Jennings, Alan Smart, Peter Burns, Doug Lawrence, Derek Drymon, Alex Gordon, Donna Grillo, Jennie Monica, Krandal Crews, Jim Leber, Justin Brinsfield, Tony Ostyn, Nicolas Carr (for "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy"/"Pickles;" 2000) • Nicolas Carr (for "Fools in April"/"Neptune's Spatula" in 2001; for "Jellyfish Hunter"/"The Fry Cook Games" in 2002; for "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video" in 2003; for "The Great Snail Race"/"Mid-Life Crustacean" in 2004) • Jimmy Lifton, D.J. Lynch, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn and Paulette Lifton (for "Mid-Life Crustacean;" 2004) Best Sound Editing in Television Animation – Sound Nominees: Nicolas Carr (for "Karate Choppers;" 2000) • Andrea Anderson, Jimmy Lifton, Monette Holderer, D.J. Lynch, Vincent Gutisetti, Jeff Hutchins and Gabriel Rosas (for "Rock Bottom"/"Arrgh!;" 2001) Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation Nominees: Timothy J. Borquez, Jeff Hutchins and Daisuke Sawa (for "The Secret Box"/"Band Geeks;" 2002) Best Sound Editing in Television Animation Nominees: Jimmy Lifton, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn and Chris Gresham (for "Nasty Patty"/"Idiot Box;" 2003) Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated Nominees: Jimmy Lifton, Nicolas Carr, D.J. Lynch, Jeff Hutchins, Tony Ostyn, Chris Gresham and Paulette Lifton (for "Pranks a Lot"/"SpongeBob Meets the Strangler;" 2005) • Vincent Gutisetti, Jimmy Lifton, Nicolas Carr, Monique Reymond, D.J. Lynch, Mark Howlett, Jeff Hutchins, Aran Tanchum, Mishelle Smith and Paulette Lifton (for "Have You Seen This Snail?;" 2006) • Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Jason Stiff, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "SpongeHenge;" 2008) Best Sound Editing: Television Animation Nominees: : Chiho Oyamada Carr, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Daisuke Sawa, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Eric Freeman, Dan Cubert, Lawrence Reyes, Jason Stiff, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "Suction Cup Symphony;" 2009) • Chino Oyamada Carr, Nicolas Carr, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Tom Syslo, Keith Dickens, Jason Stiff, Sergio Silva, Tony Orozco and Kimberlee Vanek (for "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One;" 2010) Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television Nominees: Devon Bowman, Justin Brinsfield, Nicolas Carr, Andrea Anderson, Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Eric Freeman, Tony Orozco and Danny Tchibinda (for "Gary's New Toy;" 2013) • Mishelle Fordham, Monette Becktold, Jeff Hutchins, Timothy J. Borquez, Tom Syslo, Eric Freeman, Bobby Crew, Keith Dickens, Gabriel Rossas and Tony Orozco (for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!;" 2013)