Employee of the Month (Episode)

"Employee of the Month" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. See Employee of the Monthfor other uses of the term. It premiered on October 2, 1999. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: When it's Employee of the Month Award day, Squidward says that the award is a sham and he could get it if he wanted to. SpongeBob, not wanting to give up his reputation, competes against him to be the best employee.

Time/Date:

January 27
- 1:15 PM: SpongeBob is told by the photo of himself to work harder
- 9:00 PM: SpongeBob looks through the binoculars at Squidward's house
- 9:05 PM: Squidward shows all 28 of his alarm clocks
January 28
- 6:50 AM: The Krusty Krab explodes

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

Squidward Tentacles
SpongeBob SquarePants
Eugene Krabs
Customers taking the free Krabby Patties
Gary

Songs:

Money

Money!

Gonna make some money!

Plot

At the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob reminds Squidward that it's Employee of the Month Award day. However, Squidward tells SpongeBob that the award is a scam, and Mr. Krabs is using it to make him work harder. SpongeBob doesn't believe him, and works harder. Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob that Squidward might get the new Employee of the Month Award, and since SpongeBob has 26 consecutive awards (and wants a 27th), he starts worrying. Squidward says that he could get the award if he wanted to, and SpongeBob asks him to prove it. They both decide that they will arrive at the Krusty Krab earlier than the other; SpongeBob tries to destroy Squidward's alarm clock so he won't wake up, but Squidward has 28 more in his closet. They set up traps early in the morning, but they finally get out and start running towards the Krusty Krab. They 'overwork' (ex: Squidward cleans the tables so much that he breaks them and then he and SpongeBob use two spatulas each to make hundreds of Krabby Patties), eventually causing the Krusty Krab to explode. As the Krabby Patties rain down from the sky, some of the citizens of Bikini Bottom believe that they are free, and while Mr. Krabs tries to makes the citizens pay for them, SpongeBob and Squidward ask him who is the Employee of the Month.

Quotes

(Krusty Krab)

SpongeBob: Look, Mr. Krabs, clean floors!

Squidward: Clean tables, Mr. Krabs!

SpongeBob: Clean dishes, Mr. Krabs!

Squidward: Flowers and chocolates for you, Mr. Krabs!

(The destroyed Krusty Krab)

Citizen: Hey look! Free Krabby Patties!! (As Krabby Patties fall from the sky)

Mr. Krabs: Wait! No, you've got to pay for those! Waaait!

SpongeBob: So, who's the employee of the month Mr. Krabs? Is it me?

Squidward: Is it me?

SpongeBob and Squidward: (Continuously ask the same question)

Cultural References

When the "Drill Sergeant SpongeBob" appeared, he was in the March picture, probably a reference to an army march.
A Teen Titans episode has an episode with the same title (though that isn't technically an allusion).

Trivia and Goofs

SpongeBob has won the Employee of the Month award 26 times in a row, which means that (if he'd gotten his first within his first month of working) he's been working at the Krusty Krab for 2 years and 2 months. Also, even though SpongeBob says he won Employee of the Month for 26 months, there's actually 43 frames of him on the wall.
In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, SpongeBob won 364 times meaning that he probably won the employee of the month in this episode.
In the episode Pickles, Squidward burns everything he cooks including shakes, but in this episode he does not burn a single krabby patty.
The employee of the month photos are again seen in The Original Fry Cook (Episode) and there is also the Best Emplyee Ever award which went to Jim.
When Spongebob is trying to get to the Krusty Krab tied in Squidward's giant anchor,his lips don't move when he says ``Eyah!

which shows a body language that he is very exhausted.