Pets are people, too!
A Place for PetsOriginal air date: 10/22/2020
When customers bring pets into the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs soon realizes the pets are more profitable than the owners.
The episode contains examples of:
- Big Ball of Violence: Everyone gets into a big brawl.
- Big "NO!": By Mr. Krabs when the fire marshal reveals considering pets as people pushed the Krusty Krab over its maximum capacity, forcing everyone to evict the restaurant.
- Brick Joke:
- Midway through the episode, Plankton tries to hide in Spot to get a Krabby Patty, but his body is digested. During the song at the end, Plankton's body is still gone, with Spot licking his eye.
- At one point, Squidward is carried through the ceiling by some scallops. At the end of the episode, he crashes back down.
- The Cameo: Nosferatu from "Graveyard Shift" and Craig Mammalton from "Sun Bleached" appear in the episode.
- Companion Cube: Patrick's pet, Rocky, is a rock with a face scribbled on and a leash tied around it.
- Continuity Nod:
- Larry from "Dumped", the sea bunnies from "Bunny Hunt", Mystery from "My Pretty Seahorse", the Alaskan Bull Worm from "SpongeBob, Sandy, and the Worm" and Rocky from "The Great Snail Race" make a return.
- Squidward's allergic reaction to multiple pets comes up again from "Sanctuary".
- The Krusty Krab had been previously cited as having a no-pet policy in "A Pal for Gary".
- A Day in the Limelight: For Mr. Krabs. SpongeBob is reduced to a supporting role and only speaks six lines.
- Dawn of an Era: A real life example. It is the first episode of Season 13 to air, which was the first season to begin production after the passing of show creator Stephen Hillenburg in 2018.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- Plankton hides into Spot's stomach to sneak into the Krusty Krab, only for Spot to digest him, leaving him as nothing but an eye.
- Mr. Krabs didn't realize considering pets as people would result in the Krusty Krab exceeding its capacity limit; this in turn causes the restaurant to be temporarily shut down and everyone is forced to leave.
- Eaten Alive: Plankton is digested by Spot after sneaking into the latter's stomach to get into the Krusty Krab. He is left with nothing but an eye.
- Eyes Are Unbreakable: The only thing left from Plankton after he's digested by Spot is his eye.
- Hypocrite: The health inspector disguises himself as a pet to eat at the Krusty Krab, despite enforcing the rule that pets and people can't eat together.
- Iris Out: The episode ends on one, with Squidward sneezing into it and his nose getting stuck.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: The pet costumes the customers wear to sneak into the Krusty Krab. Bubble Bass's costume consists only of bunny ears and a tail.
- Pet the Dog: Plankton allows the customers to use his craft station to make pet costumes to sneak into the Krusty Krab, despite the fact that he would be losing them as his customers.
- Plot Allergy: Squidward spends the entire episode sneezing due to being around so many pets.
- Shockingly Expensive Bill: The long bill Mr. Krabs gives Sandy for the food her Alaskan Bull Worm ate, causing her to moan that she's now broke and has to live off canned nuts for the rest of the year.
- Vomit Discretion Shot: After the Alaskan Bull Worm is hit by a boat from behind, it vomits everything it ate and we only see the grossed-out reactions of those watching.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Mr. Krabs decides to consider pets as people, the health inspector agrees, and everyone has fun with their pets... but then the Krusty Krab is immediately shut down because the Krusty Krab has been pushed over maximum capacity.
Original air date: 10/22/2020
When Plankton ruins a date with Karen, she puts the Chum Bucket on lockdown until he can show affection.
The episode contains examples of:
- 1-Dimensional Thinking: When Plankton grabs the secret formula and tries pulling it through a hole in the wall, he points it upright and it continually hits the wall instead. Thus, Krabs steals the formula back in time. If Plankton had rotated the bottle facing forward, he could have fit it through the hole and secured it for good.
- Big "NO!": Plankton screams "NO!" in anguish when Karen deletes her copy of the formula.
- Book Ends: The episode begins and ends with Plankton and Karen having a balloon ride date.
- Call-Back: Plankton's "Ray-Ray" costume from "Grandmum's the Word" returns.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Had Plankton given Karen his full undivided attention, she would have gifted him a downloadable version of the Krabby Patty formula.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Plankton - SpongeBob doesn't get a single line.
- Eye Scream: Plankton pulls one of Patrick's eyes off and throws it away as part of his plan to disguise Patrick as him.
- Incredible Shrinking Man: Plankton files Patrick down to his own tiny size with a power sander.
- Medium Blending:
- The top of the Chum Bucket get covered in live-action aluminum foil when it goes under lockdown.
- Plankton pops into live-action popcorn after Karen deletes the Krabby Patty formula.
- Offscreen Teleportation: Patrick somehow appears in the Chum Bucket despite the restaurant being under lockdown.
- Oh, Crap!: Mr. Krabs has this reaction when he realizes he left the formula on top of his boat before driving away.
- Out of Focus: SpongeBob appears in only one scene for a few seconds (jogging past the Krusty Krab with Larry) and doesn't even have any lines aside from huffing and panting, marking this as his smallest role in the series so far.
- "Psycho" Strings: Plankton's forced date with Karen near the end of the episode has these, courtesy of Patrick smashing a violin.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Plankton gives this to Karen at one point.
- Riddle for the Ages: How did Patrick get into the Chum Bucket when it was locked down so Plankton couldn't leave?
- Secret Test of Character: The beginning of the episode has Plankton leaving his date with Karen to grab the secret formula that Mr. Krabs dropped, which turns out to be a simulation created by Karen to see if Plankton cared enough not to ruin their date.
- Shaking the Rump: Plankton does this when he's trying to romance Karen as "Ray-Ray".
- Shout-Out: One of Karen's error screens references the infamous "Y2K" scare.
- Villain Episode: An episode that focuses mostly on Plankton.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Plankton says this when Patrick continually fails to spot the formula he's directing him towards.
