"Senior Discount" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, Old Man Jenkins disrupts business as usual at the Krusty Krab, but Mr. Krabs can't find a way to kick him out.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- Sheldon J. Plankton (cameo)
- Krabs family members
- Krabs Senior (physically seen)
- Redbeard Krabs
- Great Grandpop Krabs (single appearance)
- Great Great Grandpa Krabs (single appearance)
- Great Great Great Grandpa Krabs (single appearance)
- Krabs ancestors (single appearance)
- Jenkins family members
- Old Man Jenkins' grandson (single appearance) (pictured)
- Old Man Jenkins (green)
- Very Old Man Jenkins Sr. (single appearance)
- Grandpa Jenkins (single appearance)
- Great Grandpa Jenkins (single appearance)
- Great Great Grandpa Jenkins (single appearance)
- Jenkins' ancestors (single appearance)
- Deaf horn (debut)
- Customer (cameo)
- Incidentals
Synopsis[]
The episode begins with Mr. Krabs talking about his money until he shrieks due to seeing Old Man Jenkins coming to the Krusty Krab. He tells SpongeBob how Old Man Jenkins acts in his restaurant and how he annoys his customers a lot.
He tries to kick him out, but that makes the customers mad at him for disrespecting the elderly. SpongeBob tells him he should ask him politely, leading to Mr. Krabs making him do the talking. When he talks with Old Man Jenkins, he realizes how poor of a life he has and tells everything he said to his boss.
Mr. Krabs starts trying several methods to kick Old Man Jenkins out. He first turns up the heat, but Jenkins ends up feeling cold in this environment. He then tries to put on loud music, but Jenkins sleeps through this.
Mr. Krabs gets his father to kick out Old Man Jenkins as he's older than him. Jenkins then shows him his grandfather, leading to them bringing out many of their living and dead ancestors until all of them are in the Krusty Krab. The ancestors kick Mr. Krabs and Old Man Jenkins as they are bumming them out and want to party. The two stay at the Chum Bucket for the time being, much to Plankton's dismay.
Production[]
On January 28[1] and January 31, 2018,[2] John Trabbic posted two rough storyboard panels from this episode.
On February 7, 2019, Trabbic posted a finished image from the episode.[3]
The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on June 20, 2019.[4]
Storyboards[]
Workprint[]
Music[]
( ‣ ) Production music |
( • ) Original music |
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• 12th St Rag w Bass - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
• Cheap and Frozen Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Opening]
‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney ["What?! Nooo!"]
‣ Dramatic Cue (G) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob comes from the kitchen worried about Mr. Krabs]
‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer [Old Man Jenkins walking to the Krusty Krab]
‣ Hawaiian Party - Peter Dennis [SpongeBob tells Krabs why he loves Old Man Jenkins]
• Light Suspense Segueway - Nicolas Carr ["Every day it's the same routine."]
• Skipping to Hillbilly School - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Old Man Jenkins orders a small coffee]
• Heavenly Sanatized Choir - Nicolas Carr [Old Man Jenkins cuts a penny in a half]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward takes the half of the penny]
• Sponge Tango - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [Old Man Jenkins slurping the coffee loudly and squirting the condiments on his beard]
• Hillbilly Party - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Music on Old Man Jenkins' radio]
• Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs is very angry]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19B - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob grabs the steaming pot off Krabs' head]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19E - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob inhales the steam]
‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco ["Well, I won't stand for it no more!"/Krabs grabs Jenkins by the beard/"It's time to kick out the coot!"]
• Goofy Conversation Continued Thin Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Hey, if that's how you treat the elderly, then I'm never eating another Krabby Patty in here again!"]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
◦ Elder Song - Andrew Goodman, Eban Schletter [Old Man Jenkins sings]
• A Series of Incidents - Nicolas Carr [Krabs' eyes boil hot red]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob asking Old Man Jenkins to leave the Krusty Krab]
‣ Terrified - Hubert Clifford [Krabs turns up the heat to the maximum in the Krusty Krab]
‣ Cellar Search - Philippe Pares ["So you can take the heat, but can you take... the beat?"]
• Death Metal Will Never Die Short with Guitar Solo - Nicolas Carr [Krabs plays loud rock music in the Krusty Krab]
• Country Lullaby Waltz Short With Steel NC_2 - Nicolas Carr [Old Man Jenkins sleeping]
• Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr [Old Man Jenkins opens his radio]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Now show some respect for your elders!"]
‣ Quirky Tension B - John Epping [Krabs orders Old Man Jenkins to leave the Krusty Krab]
• Stumbling Tumbleweeds - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["It ain't legal to throw out the elderly in this town, so respect your elders!"]
• Drunken Sailor Transition - Nicolas Carr ["Respect my elders, hmm?"]
‣ Goblin Forest - Ronald Hanmer ["Oh, Old Man Jenkins, I got someone I'd like you to meet."]
‣ Sailors Hornpipe - Brian Peters [Mr. Krabs' father appears]
• Hillbilly Hoot - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Old Man Jenkins' father appears]
‣ Sea Battle [#44] - John Fox [Grandpa Redbeard appears]
• Peg Leg Waltz Title Card - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton [Grandpa Jenkins appears]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 13D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Now out with the old, and in with the even older!"]
• Ladies Choice 2 - Nicolas Carr [Great Grandpa Krabs appears]
‣ Soldier's Joy - Samuel Morgan, Stephen Wade [Great Grandpa Jenkins appears]
‣ Goblin Forest - Ronald Hanmer [Krabs summons his Great Great Grandpa]
‣ Alone And Lost - Norman Dane [Krabs summons his Great Great Grandpa]
• Harpsichord Classical Bits 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Ghost of Great Great Grandpa Krabs appears]
‣ Long Legged Beasties - Fredric Bayco [Old Man Jenkins summons his Great Great Grandpa]
‣ ? [Old Man Jenkins summons his Great Great Grandpa]
‣ Goblin Forest - Ronald Hanmer [Krabs summons another ancestor]
‣ Five Dramatic Bridges B - Kurt Rehfeld [Old Man Jenkins summons more ancestors]
‣ Halloween Antics B - Kevin Riepl [Krabs blows all his ancestors from the cemetery with a vacuum cleaner and takes them to the Krusty Krab]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs and Old Man Jenkins fighting]
‣ Midget March - Cedric Palmer ["You guys are kinda bumming us out."]
• Breakdance Bust-a-Move - Nicolas Carr [Krabs' and Old Man Jenkins' ancestors having a party at the Krusty Krab]
• Bikini Bottom Bound - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20 digital collection and The Complete Twelfth Season DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This marks the first physical appearance of Krabs Senior, Mr. Krabs' father.
- Krabs Senior was previously mentioned in "My Pretty Seahorse" and appeared in a deleted scene in "Clams."
- It is revealed that Krabs Senior is older than Old Man Jenkins.
- It also marks the first appearance of his great-grandfather, Great Great Grandpa Krabs, and Krabs' ancestors.
- More of the Jenkins family is shown, such as his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and Jenkins' ancestors.
- It is also revealed that he has an unnamed teenage grandson who never calls him.
- When Jenkins summons his elders with the Sea-Gee Board, he says "Yorum ignorami, elderus respecticus!" which roughly translates to "we do not know the relative elder" in Latin.
- Mr. Krabs' ancestors are green and Old Man Jenkins' ancestors are red, which are both different to their descendants.
- This episode was paired up with "Broken Alarm" during the original American airing, but has since been re-airing with "Shell Games."
- This is the second episode in which that someone performs a séance at the Krusty Krab. The first was "Séance Shméance."
- This is the third episode to have three animation directors, following "Truth or Square" and "Hello Bikini Bottom!"
- This is also the first standard-length episode to have three animation directors. The first two episodes were a TV movie and a half-hour special, respectively.
- Old Man Jenkins mentions the episode's title twice. The first time is when he says, "I don't think so, Charlie. I get the senior discount." The second time is when he says to Mr. Krabs, "I got this one, Krabby... with my senior discount.
- The title card is similar to that of "Boat Smarts" and "Choir Boys" except the background is light green instead of pink, and the title card has no flowers on it.
- This episode was originally going to premiere with "Broken Alarm" on September 11, 2019 in Southeast Asia, but was later replaced with "Karen's Baby" instead.[6]
Dub facts[]
- This episode was originally going to premiere on October 26, 2019 in Russia alongside "Shell Games," but due to a mistake in the schedule, "SpongeBob's Bad Habit" premiered instead while this episode was rescheduled to November 9 alongside "Mind the Gap."[citation needed]
Cultural references[]
- Ulysses S. Krabs is named after Ulysses S. Grant.
- The Sea-Gee Board alludes to the Ouija board.
- The Book of the Filleted is a possible allusion to Book of the Dead.
Errors[]
- When Grandpa Redbeard is talking to Grandpa Jenkins, Redbeard's nose is miscolored the same gray as his beard.
- When the ancestors kick Mr. Krabs and Old Man Jenkins out, Mr. Krabs' eyelashes are transparent for one frame.
- The "enter" sign for the Krusty Krab is also missing.
- The road to the Chum Bucket is also missing.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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German | Generation Gruft | Generation Crypt |
References[]
- ^ a b John Trabbic on Instagram - "Yerp."
- ^ a b John Trabbic on Instagram - "Sponge-overshoot."
- ^ a b John Trabbic on Instagram - "Krab's as calm as a..."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "That one is real"
- ^ Storyboards - Senior Discount | Kurt Snyder
- ^ Nickelodeon South East Asia to Premiere New Episodes of 'SpongeBob SquarerPants' from Monday 9th September 2019 - NickALive