"The Krusty Sponge " is the first segment of the 89th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants . It is notable for serving as meta-commentary regarding Nickelodeon 's treatment of the SpongeBob franchise.
Synopsis [ ]
One day at the Krusty Krab , Squidward notices that SpongeBob isn't fulfilling anyone's orders, instead standing around motionless. Mr. Krabs comes to take a look at him and says that he's trapped in a "thousand-yard stare", but doesn't know why. Mr. Krabs then finds a calendar page in SpongeBob's hat and sees that a note on the current date, saying that an important TV food critic is coming to the Krusty Krab today. Squidward does not think this is a big deal, but now Mr. Krabs is frozen in fear too. Soon after, the critic, Gene Scallop, arrives at the Krusty Krab, and Mr. Krabs offers him a complimentary Krabby Patty . Scallop leaves without a word after only taking one bite of the burger SpongeBob serves him. Later that day, Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab's TV to the news program on which Scallop's restaurant review is featured. To Krabs' dismay, Scallop's review verbally trashes the Krusty Krab's atmosphere and service, which gets all the customers currently in the restaurant to start leaving. However, Scallop then ultimately praises the Krusty Krab because of how good a cook SpongeBob is, leading the customers to come back to their tables, and giving Mr. Krabs a money-making idea.
The next day, when SpongeBob arrives at work, he finds that Mr. Krabs has renamed the place "The Krusty Sponge", started putting SpongeBob's face on the napkins and condiments, and is making Squidward wear a SpongeBob costume. Mr. Krabs then makes SpongeBob the engineer for the kiddy train he has installed outside, and puts Squidward in charge of cooking the Krabby Patties (despite his costume's lack of working arms). Shortly after, Mr. Krabs receives a delivery of SpongeBob-themed drinking straws, coasters, bibs, and ice cubes (which have now melted). Later, as Squidward is still struggling to flip the patties in his costume, Mr. Krabs orders him to start using "Spongy Patties" - which are actually old Krabby Patties that have turned yellow because they weren't stored in the freezer. Squidward rightfully questions his boss about trying to sell spoiled burgers to the customers, but Mr. Krabs doesn't listen and instead figures he should charge a dollar more for them.
SpongeBob, having gotten tired from pedalling the train, sneaks off of it and squeezes inside the restaurant, where he sees that the customers have all now turned yellow with green spots like him and acting like zombies. He rushes to alert Mr. Krabs (who is having a dinner date with his new pile of money) about it and then notices that the customers are actually getting sick from eating the "Spongy Patties". As SpongeBob calls out his boss on poisoning everyone, an undercover bailiff arrests Mr. Krabs. Later, in court, Mr. Krabs is judged guilty for his crime, but he then notices that the judge, Horace A. Whopper, is using a SpongeBob-themed gavel because he is a huge SpongeBob fan himself, and he offers to make a deal with him. Back at the Krusty Krab, now back to its original theming, SpongeBob is now back to being the cook, while Squidward, still in the SpongeBob costume, has to give Judge Whopper as many rides on the train as he wants as part of the deal Mr. Krabs made with him.
Home video releases [ ]
DVD
SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis
SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Volume 1
SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 5th Season
External links [ ]
SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
Season 1
"Help Wanted " / "Reef Blower " / "Tea at the Treedome " • "Bubblestand " / "Ripped Pants " • "Jellyfishing " / "Plankton! " • "Naughty Nautical Neighbors " / "Boating School " • "Pizza Delivery " / "Home Sweet Pineapple " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy " / "Pickles " • "Hall Monitor " / "Jellyfish Jam " • "Sandy's Rocket " / "Squeaky Boots " • "Nature Pants " / "Opposite Day " • "Culture Shock " / "F.U.N. " • "MuscleBob BuffPants " / "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost " • "The Chaperone " / "Employee of the Month " • "Scaredy Pants " / "I Was a Teenage Gary " • "SB-129 " / "Karate Choppers " • "Sleepy Time " / "Suds " • "Valentine's Day " / "The Paper " • "Arrgh! " / "Rock Bottom " • "Texas " / "Walking Small " • "Fools in April " / "Neptune's Spatula " • "Hooky " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II "
Season 2
"Your Shoe's Untied " / "Squid's Day Off " • "Something Smells " / "Bossy Boots " • "Big Pink Loser " / "Bubble Buddy " • "Dying for Pie " / "Imitation Krabs " • "Wormy " / "Patty Hype " • "Grandma's Kisses " / "Squidville " • "Pre-Hibernation Week " / "Life of Crime " • "Christmas Who? " • "Survival of the Idiots " / "Dumped " • "No Free Rides " / "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III " / "Squirrel Jokes " • "Pressure " / "The Smoking Peanut " • "Shanghaied " / "Gary Takes a Bath " • "Welcome to the Chum Bucket " / "Frankendoodle " • "The Secret Box " / "Band Geeks " • "Graveyard Shift " / "Krusty Love " • "Procrastination " / "I'm with Stupid " • "Sailor Mouth " / "Artist Unknown " • "Jellyfish Hunter " / "The Fry Cook Games " • "Squid on Strike " / "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm "
Season 3
"The Algae's Always Greener " / "SpongeGuard on Duty " • "Club SpongeBob " / "My Pretty Seahorse " • "Just One Bite " / "The Bully " • "Nasty Patty " / "Idiot Box " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV " / "Doing Time " • "Snowball Effect " / "One Krabs Trash " • "As Seen on TV " / "Can You Spare a Dime? " • "No Weenies Allowed " / "Squilliam Returns " • "Krab Borg " / "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve " • "Wet Painters " / "Krusty Krab Training Video " • "Party Pooper Pants " • "Chocolate With Nuts " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V " • "New Student Starfish " / "Clams " • "Ugh " • "The Great Snail Race " / "Mid-Life Crustacean " • "Born Again Krabs " / "I Had an Accident " • "Krabby Land " / "The Camping Episode " • "Missing Identity " / "Plankton's Army " • "The Sponge Who Could Fly " • "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler " / "Pranks a Lot "
Season 4
"Fear of a Krabby Patty " / "Shell of a Man " • "Krabs vs. Plankton " / "The Lost Mattress " • "Have You Seen This Snail? " • "Skill Crane " / "Good Neighbors " • "Selling Out " / "Funny Pants " • "Dunces and Dragons " • "Enemy In-Law " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture " • "Patrick SmartPants " / "SquidBob TentaclePants " • "Krusty Towers " / "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired " • "Ghost Host " / "Wishing You Well " • "Chimps Ahoy " / "Whale of a Birthday " • "Karate Island " / "All That Glitters " • "New Leaf " / "Once Bitten " • "Bummer Vacation " / "Wigstruck " • "Squidtastic Voyage " / "That's No Lady " • "Hocus Pocus " / "The Thing " • "Driven to Tears " / "Rule of Dumb " • "Born to Be Wild " / "Best Frenemies " • "The Pink Purloiner " / "Squid Wood " • "Best Day Ever " / "The Gift of Gum "
Season 5
"Friend or Foe " • "Night Light " / "The Original Fry Cook " • "Rise and Shine " / "Waiting " / "Fungus Among Us " • "Spy Buddies " / "Boat Smarts " / "Good Ol' Whatshisname " • "New Digs " / "Krabs à la Mode " • "Roller Cowards " / "Bucket Sweet Bucket " • "To Love a Patty " / "Breath of Fresh Squidward " • "Money Talks " / "SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget " / "Slimy Dancing " • "The Krusty Sponge " / "Sing a Song of Patrick " • "A Flea in Her Dome " / "The Donut of Shame " / "The Krusty Plate " • "Atlantis SquarePantis " • "Picture Day " / "Pat No Pay " / "BlackJack " • "Blackened Sponge " / "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob " • "The Inmates of Summer " / "To Save a Squirrel " • "Le Big Switch " / "Goo Goo Gas " • "20,000 Patties Under the Sea " / "The Battle of Bikini Bottom " • "Pest of the West " • "The Two Faces of Squidward " / "SpongeHenge " • "Banned in Bikini Bottom " / "Stanley S. SquarePants "
Season 6
"Spongicus " / "Suction Cup Symphony " • "House Fancy " / "Krabby Road " • "Penny Foolish " / "Nautical Novice " • "Not Normal " / "Gone " • "The Splinter " / "Slide Whistle Stooges " • "A Life in a Day " / "Sun Bleached " • "Giant Squidward " / "No Nose Knows " • "Patty Caper " / "Plankton's Regular " • "Grandpappy the Pirate " / "Cephalopod Lodge " • "Squid's Visit " / "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Boating Buddies " / "The Krabby Kronicle " • "The Slumber Party " / "Grooming Gary " • "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One " • "Truth or Square " • "Porous Pockets " / "Choir Boys " • "Krusty Krushers " / "The Card " • "Dear Vikings " / "Ditchin' " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Pet or Pests " / "Komputer Overload " • "Gullible Pants " / "Overbooked " • "No Hat for Pat " / "Toy Store of Doom " • "Sand Castles in the Sand " / "Shell Shocked " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "The Clash of Triton "
Season 7
"Tentacle-Vision " / "I ♥ Dancing " • "Growth Spout " / "Stuck in the Wringer " • "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy " / "The Inside Job " • "Greasy Buffoons " / "Model Sponge " • "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful " / "A Pal for Gary " • "Yours, Mine and Mine " / "Kracked Krabs " • "The Curse of Bikini Bottom " / "Squidward in Clarinetland " • "SpongeBob's Last Stand " • "Back to the Past " / "The Bad Guy Club for Villains " • "A Day Without Tears " / "Summer Job " • "One Coarse Meal " / "Gary in Love " • "The Play's the Thing " / "Rodeo Daze " • "Gramma's Secret Recipe " / "The Cent of Money " • "The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom " / "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle " • "The Curse of the Hex " / "The Main Drain " • "Trenchbillies " / "Sponge-Cano! " • "The Great Patty Caper " • "That Sinking Feeling " / "Karate Star " • "Buried in Time " / "Enchanted Tiki Dreams " • "The Abrasive Side " / "Earworm " • "Hide and Then What Happens? " / "Shellback Shenanigans " • "The Masterpiece " / "Whelk Attack " • "You Don't Know Sponge " / "Tunnel of Glove " • "Krusty Dogs " / "The Wreck of the Mauna Loa " • "New Fish in Town " / "Love That Squid " • "Big Sister Sam " / "Perfect Chemistry "
Season 8
"Accidents Will Happen " / "The Other Patty " • "Drive Thru " / "The Hot Shot " • "A Friendly Game " / "Sentimental Sponge " • "Frozen Face-Off " • "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups " / "Oral Report " • "Sweet and Sour Squid " / "The Googly Artiste " • "A SquarePants Family Vacation " • "Patrick's Staycation " / "Walking the Plankton " • "Mooncation " / "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation " • "Ghoul Fools " • "Mermaid Man Begins " / "Plankton's Good Eye " • "Barnacle Face " / "Pet Sitter Pat " • "House Sittin' for Sandy " / "Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom " • "Bubble Troubles " / "The Way of the Sponge " • "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom " / "Bubble Buddy Returns " • "Restraining SpongeBob " / "Fiasco! " • "Are You Happy Now? " / "Planet of the Jellyfish " • "Free Samples " / "Home Sweet Rubble " • "Karen 2.0 " / "InSPONGEiac " • "Face Freeze! " / "Glove World R.I.P. " • "Squiditis " / "Demolition Doofus " • "Treats! " / "For Here or To Go " • "It's a SpongeBob Christmas! " • "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! " / "Chum Fricassee " • "The Good Krabby Name " / "Move It or Lose It " • "Hello Bikini Bottom! "
Season 9
"Extreme Spots " / "Squirrel Record " • "License to Milkshake " / "Squid Baby " • "Patrick-Man! " / "Gary's New Toy " • "Eek, An Urchin! " / "Squid Defense " • "Little Yellow Book " / "Bumper to Bumper " • "Jailbreak! " / "Evil Spatula " • "It Came from Goo Lagoon " • "Safe Deposit Krabs " / "Plankton's Pet " • "Don't Look Now " / "Séance Shméance " • "Kenny the Cat " / "Yeti Krabs " • "SpongeBob You're Fired " • "Lost in Bikini Bottom " / "Tutor Sauce " • "Squid Plus One " / "The Executive Treatment " • "Pull Up a Barrel " / "Company Picnic " • "Sanctuary! " / "What's Eating Patrick? " • "Patrick! The Game " / "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom " • "SpongeBob LongPants " / "Larry's Gym " • "The Fish Bowl " / "Married to Money " • "Mall Girl Pearl " / "Two Thumbs Down " • "Sharks vs. Pods " / "CopyBob DittoPants " • "Sold! " / "Lame and Fortune " • "Goodbye, Krabby Patty? " • "Sandy's Nutmare " / "Bulletin Board " • "Food Con Castaways " / "Snail Mail " • "Pineapple Invasion " / "Salsa Imbecilicus " • "Mutiny on the Krusty " / "The Whole Tooth "
Season 10
"Whirly Brains " / "Mermaid Pants " • "Unreal Estate " / "Code Yellow " • "Mimic Madness " / "House Worming " • "Snooze You Lose " / "Krusty Katering " • "SpongeBob's Place " / "Plankton Gets the Boot " • "Life Insurance " / "Burst Your Bubble " • "Plankton Retires " / "Trident Trouble " • "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge " / "Sportz? " • "The Getaway " / "Lost and Found " • "Patrick's Coupon " / "Out of the Picture " • "Feral Friends " / "Don't Wake Patrick "
Season 11
"Cave Dwelling Sponge " / "The Clam Whisperer " • "Spot Returns " / "The Check-Up " • "Spin the Bottle " / "There's a Sponge in My Soup " • "Man Ray Returns " / "Larry the Floor Manager " • "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom " • "No Pictures, Please " / "Stuck on the Roof " • "Krabby Patty Creature Feature " / "Teacher's Pests " • "Sanitation Insanity " / "Bunny Hunt " • "Squid Noir " / "Scavenger Pants " • "Cuddle E. Hugs " / "Pat the Horse " • "Chatterbox Gary " / "Don't Feed the Clowns " • "Drive Happy " / "Old Man Patrick " • "Fun-Sized Friends " / "Grandmum's the Word " • "Doodle Dimension " / "Moving Bubble Bass " • "High Sea Diving " / "Bottle Burglars " • "My Leg! " / "Ink Lemonade " • "Mustard O' Mine " / "Shopping List " • "Whale Watching " / "Krusty Kleaners " • "Patnocchio " / "ChefBob " • "Plankton Paranoia " / "Library Cards " • "Call the Cops " / "Surf N' Turf " • "Goons on the Moon " • "Appointment TV " / "Karen's Virus " • "The Grill is Gone " / "The Night Patty " • "Bubbletown " / "Girls' Night Out " • "Squirrel Jelly " / "The String "
Season 12
"FarmerBob " / "Gary and Spot " • "The Nitwitting " / "The Ballad of Filthy Muck " • "The Krusty Slammer " / "Pineapple RV " • "Gary's Got Legs " / "King Plankton " • "Plankton's Old Chum " / "Stormy Weather " • "Swamp Mates " / "One Trick Sponge " • "The Krusty Bucket " / "Squid's on a Bus " • "Sandy's Nutty Nieces " / "Insecurity Guards " • "Broken Alarm " / "Karen's Baby " • "Shell Games " / "Senior Discount " • "Mind the Gap " / "Dirty Bubble Returns " • "Jolly Lodgers " / "Biddy Sitting " • "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout " • "SpongeBob in RandomLand " / "SpongeBob's Bad Habit " • "Handemonium " / "Breakin' " • "Boss for a Day " / "The Goofy Newbie " • "The Ghost of Plankton " / "My Two Krabses " • "Knock Knock, Who's There " / "Pat Hearts Squid " • "Lighthouse Louie " / "Hiccup Plague " • "A Cabin in the Kelp " / "The Hankering " • "Who R Zoo? " / "Kwarantined Krab " • "Plankton's Intern " / "Patrick's Tantrum " • "Bubble Bass's Tab " / "Kooky Kooks " • "Escape from Beneath Glove World " • "Krusty Koncessionaires " / "Dream Hoppers "
Season 13
"A Place for Pets " / "Lockdown for Love " • "Under the Small Top " / "Squidward's Sick Daze " • "Goofy Scoopers " / "Pat the Dog " • "Something Narwal This Way Comes " / "C.H.U.M.S. " • "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas " • "Potato Puff " / "There Will Be Grease " • "The Big Bad Bubble Bass " / "Sea-Man Sponge Haters Club " • "Food PBFFT! Truck " / "Upturn Girls " • "Say Awww! " / "Patrick the Mailman " • "Captain Pipsqueak " / "Plane to Sea " • "Squidferatu " / "Slappy Daze " • "Welcome to Binary Bottom " / "You're Going to Pay…Phone " / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time " • "Abandon Twits " / "Wallhalla " • "The Salty Sponge " / "Karen for Spot " • "Arbor Day Disarray " / "Ain't That the Tooth " • "Ma and Pa's Big Hurrah " / "Yellow Pavement " • "The Flower Pot " / "SpongeBob's on Parade " • "Delivery to Monster Island " / "Ride Patrick, Ride! " • "Hot Crossed Nuts " / "The Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Show! " • "Friendiversary " / "Mandatory Music " • "Dopey Dick " / "Plankton and the Beanstalk " • "Gary's Playhouse " / "Funbelievable " • "Spatula of the Heavens " / "My Friend Patty " • "The Goobfather " / "Swimming Fools " • "SquidBird " / "Allergy Attack " • "Big Time Flop " / "Sandy, Help Us! "