"Wiener Takes All" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 15. In this episode, tired of doing grunt work at the Krusty Krab, Squidward takes a new job as manager of Weenie Hut Jr's.
Characters[]
- Squidward Tentacles
- Robot Squidward (single appearance)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Bubble Bass
- Weenie bot
- Customer (Incidental 6)
- Carlos Eel
- Incidentals
- Bertie Fitzpatrick
- Twin sisters
- Weenie J. Wiener (single appearance)
- Kelpy G (cameo on album cover)
Synopsis[]
At the Krusty Krab, Squidward is overwhelmed by customers' demands, and Mr. Krabs refuses to help him, saying he is the manager and above doing grunt work. Later that day, Squidward sees a commercial for Weenie Hut Jr's, saying that robots will do all the work. Squidward takes the job and gives his current one to an old lady on the street.
The next day, the old lady shows up for work, with SpongeBob not noticing Squidward is gone until Mr. Krabs points it out. SpongeBob runs to Weenie Hut Jr's, where Squidward refuses to come back to the Krusty Krab. He plays smooth jazz on the jukebox and hangs up his own paintings, then goes into his office. The robots make him take out the trash, and lock him outside after he leaves.
Squidward meets Weenie J. Wiener.
After climbing back in, Squidward reads a book to repair the robots, and by the next morning, he is able to make them serve him and installs extension cords. The restaurant is successful, with Squidward relaxing in his office the whole time. Later, the president of Weenie Hut Corporation, Weenie J. Wiener, pays a visit and promises Squidward a promotion if he takes an upper management course, and flies Squidward to Weenie Hut Sr's.
Weenie J. Wiener's robot form.
Squidward is led into a dark room and informed that he will be made even more efficient by turning him into a robot. Weenie reveals his own robot form and attacks Squidward. Just then, SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs fire a cannon at Weenie, having arrived to save Squidward. They load the old lady into the cannon and she is launched at Weenie, pinches his cheeks, and causes him to explode.
Weenie Hut Sr's explodes, as SpongeBob welcomes Squidward back. He then gives Squidward a playful slap on the back, accidentally knocking him back into the chair, where he is painfully turned into a robot. Now as a robot working at the Krusty Krab, Squidward begs for someone to unplug him.
Production[]
This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on July 29, 2024.[3]
On the United States Copyright Office catalog, this episode, alongside its sister, is listed as having a publication date of August 21, 2024, which may be its completion date.[4]
Art[]
Background design[]
- Layouts by Rebekie Bennington and George Nachev, traditionally painted by Abril Aello Fregozo and Amy Lewis in gouache. Scanned in with lines drawn digitally on top.[5][6][7][8]
Workprint[]
- Posted by Abril Aello Fregozo.[5]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Dig It Baby - Nino Nardini [Title card.]
• Jovial Pirate's Jig 2 W-Spoons - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Opening.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Piles of trash.]
• Jovial Pirate's Jig 2 W-Spoons - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["I'm swamped, Mr. Krabs!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8C - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward walking home.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Weenie Hut Jr.'s hiring ad.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29A - Jeremy Wakefield ["A manager? That's for me!"]
• Another Krusty Krab Day 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs waiting for Squidward.]
• Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["What? That ain't Squidward."]
‣ Victim 2 - Harry Lubin ["Then why is she wearing his hat?"]
‣ Horror Strike [#44] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Where is he? Is he lost?"]
‣ Menace [#41] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob looks for Squidward.]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["I'm not going back to the Krusty Krab ever."]
‣ Happy As You Go [#64] - Harry Lubin ["Because now, I am a pivotal cog in the corporate machine."]
‣ Robot March - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Weenie bots kick SpongeBob out.]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob goes flying.]
• Anchoveille - Nicolas Carr, Brad Carow ["Attention, Weenie bots."]
• Chillin to The Bossa - Nicolas Carr [Smooth jazz music.]
‣ Charlie's Bike C - Peter Balding, Otto Sieben [Weenie bots lock Squidward out.]
‣ Hide and Seek [#18] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidward climbs back inside.]
‣ Sex Kitten - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [How to Repair Unruly Robots.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward working overnight.]
• Tentacally Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward repairs the Weenie bots.]
‣ ? [Montage of Weenie bots working.]
‣ ? [Squidward sleeping.]
‣ Happy As You Go [#65] - Harry Lubin [Weenie bot wakes up Squidward.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Weenie J. Wiener's helicopter lands.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Weenie J. Wiener appears.]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["Welcome to Weenie Hut Sr's!"]
‣ Dig It Baby - Nino Nardini [Squidward and Weenie walk through Weenie Hut Sr's.]
‣ Alien Abduction [#10] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Weenie guides Squidward to a seat.]
‣ Shock Attack [#25] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidward locked into place.]
‣ Imminent Attack - Harry Lubin [Weenie tries to turn Squidward into a robot.]
‣ Heroic March 8 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs come to save Squidward.]
‣ Heroic Conquest 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Incidental 82 causes Weenie to explode.]
• Wahini Wobble Faster - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward gets turned into a robot.]
• Salty Squid Jig 4 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, James King [Ending.]
Release[]
Broadcast[]
- This episode was paired with a rerun of "Student Driver Survivor" during the original American airing.[9]
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was originally called "Weenie Manager Jr."
- This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "winner takes all," meaning the winner of a round or competition will receive the entire prize or reward.
- This is the final Ian Vazquez episode where an animation director is not credited in the opening credit.
- This is the second time Squidward gets a job at a different restaurant, the first being at the Chum Bucket in "Chum Fricassee."
- Starting with this episode, the opening credits style was modified:
- The text looks slightly different and now fades more slowly.
- The font size for the supervising and animation directors are now consistent with the rest of the credits.
- Squidward was previously in a managerial position at the Krusty Krab 2 in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but at the end of the movie, he and Mr. Krabs gave the manager position to SpongeBob.
- The sound effect for when one of the robot enemies spots the player in Battle for Bikini Bottom can be heard during the scene where Squidward temporarily disables the weenie bots before reprogramming them.
Dub facts[]
- Starting with this episode, Glauco Marques voices Squidward in the Brazilian Portuguese dub.
Episode references[]
- Squidward saying "I deserve to be manager and sit on my butt all day. But will I ever get promoted?" is a reference to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- The teenager shown in the Weenie Hut Jr's employment video is the same one who took SpongeBob's job in "Squid on Strike."
- The painting Squidward hangs of himself in Weenie Hut Jr's has him holding Claire St. Claire's clarinet from "Krusty Koncessionaires."
- The old lady who pinches the robot's cheeks did the same thing to Plankton in "Say Awww!"
- The title card bears a resemblance to the one from "No Weenies Allowed," which is the first episode where Weenie Hut Jr's appears.
Cultural references[]
- The fine art painting Squidward hangs on the wall is a parody of Grande Odalisque by French Neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
- Weenie J. Wiener's initial design is modeled after Groucho Marx.
- His true form is a reference to the Spider-Man villain, Doctor Octopus.
- SpongeBob mentioning that he located Squidward using his "Squiddy-sense" tingling is a reference to Spider-Man's "spider-sense" tingling.
Errors[]
His right arm is overlapped.
- When SpongeBob arrives to the destroyed Weenie Hut Sr.'s, his right arm is overlapped by his body while walking.
- The bubble transition after Mr. Krabs covers SpongeBob's eyes is silent.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | Promozione trappola | Trap Promotion |
| Polish | Mechaniczne kiełbasy | Mechanical Sausages |
| Russian | Не сосиской единой Ne sosiskoy edinoy |
Not by Wiener Alone (play on the phrase "man shall not live by bread alone") |
| Slovenian | Požrešna hrenovka | Greedy Hot Dog (likely a play on "požrešna metoda," the greedy algorithm) |
| Spanish (American) | La salchicha se lleva todo | Wiener Takes All |
| Spanish (European) | No todo es chicha en la salchicha | Not All Meat in the Wiener (play on the Spanish expression "no todo el monte es orégano," meaning not everything in life is pleasurable) |
References[]
- ^ Nickelodeon UK - November 28, 2024
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20241123174038/https://epgs.vimn.com/spongebob_pop_up/xmltvlegal/ita/20241110.xml
- ^ Wiener Takes All - Episode 311a (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Cartoonlounge
- ^ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "SpongeBob SquarePants : 311A"]. United States Copyright Office.
- ^ a b Abril Aello Fregozo on Instagram - "“Wiener takes all “ aired last month..."
- ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "Another background painting from newly released..."
- ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter - "A few more background paintings..."
- ^ Amy Lewis on Twitter
- ^ December 19, 2024 - Nickstory