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The Original Fry Cook

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"The Original Fry Cook" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 5. In this episode, SpongeBob feels inferior when a former Krusty Krab fry cook, Jim, visits.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

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Jim wins the "Best Employee Ever award."

In the beginning of the episode, it is a normal day at the Krusty Krab, where Old Man Walker is making an order, until Jim, the original Krusty Krab fry cook, arrives in his golden limousine. Mr. Krabs and Squidward remember back when the Krusty Krab had "class." Squidward had long hair and Jim was the fry cook. However, recalling these times make them forget about SpongeBob's great fry cook capability and continue to ignore his presence, rubbing in the fact that Jim has done better. Jim makes a Krabby Patty and SpongeBob eats it and loves it. He wants to cook like Jim, and Jim says not to step on the patty because the customers ran over a Krabby Patty made by SpongeBob when headed to greet Jim.

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Jim makes the perfect Krabby Patty.

Jim then gives SpongeBob lessons on how to make his Krabby Patties better, but the latter cannot meet the former's standards, so SpongeBob decides to resign and give his job back to Jim. Mr. Krabs finds SpongeBob's resignation letter in a Krabby Patty and explains the conflict to Jim, just before SpongeBob enters. Jim tells him he's not going to take his job despite being better, and reveals the reason he quit was because he wanted to do bigger things with his fry cook career and also because Mr. Krabs laughed at him when he asked for a raise, thinking it was a big joke. Mr. Krabs reveals that SpongeBob has one thing Jim does not have: he is cheap (SpongeBob does not care of not getting the raise). Jim tells SpongeBob he is a great fry cook and that he could be an even greater fry cook, but only if he leaves the Krusty Krab, which he calls a dump, to which SpongeBob says that it is not a dump. Mr. Krabs says that it is a dump, but that it is his dump, as the episode ends.

Production[]

This episode was confirmed in a TVShowsOnDVD.com article on December 24, 2006.[6]

It was added to the United States Copyright Catalog alongside its sister episode on February 2, 2007.[7]

Art[]

Model sheets[]

Music[]

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

 • Wahini Wobble Faster - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [The opening.]
 ‣ Romantic Evening - Gary Hughes [SpongeBob adding a heart made out of ketchup on the Krabby Patty.]
 ‣ Gala Performance - Laurie Johnson [A limo arrives.]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's Krabby Patty stepped on.]
 ‣ Gala Performance - Laurie Johnson [The limo door opens, revealing Jim.]
 • Birth of the Krabby Patty - Nicolas Carr ["The Jim?"]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band ["You're doing well, Jim."]
 ‣ Skaters Waltz - Emile Waldteufel, George Wilson [A flashback to when the Krusty Krab had class.]
 • Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [Everyone laughs.]
 ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Jim looking at the "Employee of the Month" awards.]
 • MailboxTensionBuild NC2 - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's pictures fall off and break.]
 ‣ Editor's Falling Over (C) - Dick Stephen Walter [SpongeBob crashes to the floor.]
 ‣ Award Winner 1 - Harry Bluestone [Jim's "Best Employee Ever" award.]
 ‣ Spanish Ladies (B) - Robin Jeffrey, Tim Laycock [Jim talking with Mr. Krabs.]
 • Steel Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob frowns at Mr. Krabs.]
 ‣ Glory Road - Sam Fonteyn [Jim going in the kitchen.]
 • Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr ["It's a thing of beauty!"]
 • The Power Within - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob eats Jim's Krabby Patty, and has an imagination sequence.]
 ‣ A Christmas Fantasy (a) - Ron Goodwin [SpongeBob turns into a patty in his imagination.]
 ‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters [SpongeBob starts talking with Jim.]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob grovels.]
 ‣ Knights of the Air - Sam Fonteyn [A montage of Jim critiquing SpongeBob's work.]
 ‣ Knights of the Air Alt. End - Sam Fonteyn [SpongeBob runs out of the bathroom crying.]
 ‣ Fates [#62] - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob cries.]
 • Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Crying my eyes out!"]
 ‣ Fiesta Party - Norman Dane [Squidward dances.]
 • Drowsey Reef - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob goes back in the restroom where the messed up patties are./Everyone cheering for Jim.]
 • Mission Improbable - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob hides in the freezer.]
 ‣ Drama Link (E) - Hubert Clifford ["This is terrible! No one's making patties!"]
 ‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [Jim asks where SpongeBob is.]
 ‣ Drama Link (A) - Hubert Clifford ["Look at them."]
 • Solo Steel 3 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob opening the freezer door.]
 ‣ Long Way Home [#60] - Gregor F. Narholz ["But you're the greatest fry cook in the world."]
 • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Start of flashback.]
 ‣ Soul Organ Impromptu - Alan Hawkshaw [Jim explains why he quit.]
 • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [End of flashback.]
 • Hooka - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Mr. Krabs laughing.]
 ‣ When Daylight Shines / Captain Lenoe's - The Folk Players [The ending.]

Release[]

Broadcast[]

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Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode was available on the Friend or Foe? DVD, released on April 17, 2007, three months before it aired on American television.
  • Mr. Krabs mentions the episode title when he says, "It's Jim, The Original Fry Cook."
  • This episode reveals that Jim was the fry cook at the Krusty Krab before SpongeBob.
  • The Employee of the Month wall shows that SpongeBob has won the award 45 times in a row, seemingly suggesting that the episode takes place 3 years and 9 months after either "Help Wanted" or "Employee of the Month," depending on if he won the award in that episode and not Squidward.
  • In the Battle for Bikini Bottom and Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated video games, Squidward states that he has always been bald. However, this episode portrays Squidward with long, blond hair.
  • When SpongeBob is crying in the sink, recycled audio from him crying in "Home Sweet Pineapple" can be heard.
  • This is the first episode where the letters in the title card are made out of food.
  • This is the second episode where Squidward looks at himself through a mirror at the Krusty Krab cash register. The first is "Pickles."

Episode references[]

  • When SpongeBob runs out of the stall crying, Incidental 37B looks inside, sees the flood, and exclaims "Aw man!" This is a reference to "The Bully," when Incidental 37B goes inside the restroom stall, sees a sponge in the toilet, and says, "Oh, that's real nice."
  • The Employee of the Month wall from the eponymous episode appears in this episode, with it revealing that it contains Jim's large picture as the "Best Employee Ever" behind it.

Errors[]

Patton Oswalt misspelled in the credits

Patton Oswalt's name misspelled in opening credits (top) and closing credits (bottom).

  • In the opening and closing credits, Patton Oswalt's surname is misspelled as "Oswald."
  • When SpongeBob draws a ketchup heart on a Krabby Patty, the heart is full of ketchup, but when Squidward scolds SpongeBob there is only the outline of the heart.
  • Jim's "Best Employee Ever" Award depicts him in his present day appearance, even though it should have depicted him in his younger appearance, as it would have been before he had left the Krusty Krab.
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SpongeBob's visible eyelashes mistake.

  • When SpongeBob says, "Wow!," one of his eyes are half-closed but his eyelashes are still seen.
  • In the flashback, the Krusty Krab is shown to be designed in architecturally superior light than its normal state. However, in the flashback where Jim explains why he quit, all the decor is replaced with normal Krusty Krab decor.
  • When SpongeBob is telling Jim he's leaving, he takes his hat off. After the flashback explaining why Jim left, SpongeBob has his hat back on.
SpongeBob's gray hole mistake in The Original Fry Cook

SpongeBob's gray hole.

  • When SpongeBob is talking to Mr. Krabs and says, "I never thought about it that way!," one of his green holes turns gray for a split second.
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Patrick is mistakenly credited.

  • Patrick is listed in the closing credits, even though he is neither seen nor heard in this episode.
    • It is possible that Bill Fagerbakke recorded his lines as Patrick in a deleted scene before he was cut from the final version.


Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French Ce bon vieux Jim Good Old Jim
German Der allererste Burgerbrater The Very First Burger-Griller
Italian Il primo cuoco del Krusty Krab The First Cook at the Krusty Krab
Russian Первый шеф-повар
Pervyy shef-povar		 The First Chef
Spanish (Latin America) El primer cocinero The First Cook
Spanish (Spain) El cocinero original The Original Cook

References[]

  1. ^ The Original Fry Cook / Night Light - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
  2. ^ https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/new-episodes-of-spongebob-in-uk.19400/
  3. ^ https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/spongebob-movie-and-best-day-ever-premiere-on-nick-uk-next-monday.21800/#post-331371
  4. ^ NickSplat showtimes - June 2007
  5. ^ Season 5 in Israel - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
  6. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants - 'Friend or Foe' announced - TV Shows on DVD Retrieved on December 3, 2013.
  7. ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Spongebob Squarepants : no. 82."]. United States Copyright Office.
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