[At the Krusty Krab, Squidward is at the ordering boat
and SpongeBob is looking out from the ordering window. Mr. Krabs' voice sounds
on the P.A.]
Mr. Krabs: Attention! Attention! All Krusty Krew
employees, attention! [stands next to them, speaking into a megaphone] Get the
anchors out of your pants and report to me office! [pause] That will be all.
[Squidward and SpongeBob follow Mr. Krabs into his office and sit down] I have
an important announcement to make.
SpongeBob: Whoo! Hooray! [jumps up on top of the chair
and twirls it around] The new spatulas are here!
Mr. Krabs: Sit down, boy! There's no new spatulers!
Squidward: [sarcastically] How disappointing.
Mr. Krabs: You men know me daughter Pearl. She's
growing up fast. [looks at a picture of Pearl and Mr. Krabs in swim attire
jumping up from the water] It seems like it was just yesterday I was teaching
her how to breach. Me mammalian angel. Erm, uh... [puts the picture back on the
wall] Anyway, uh, so she's going to be working here during her summer vacation.
She's got a lot of fresh ideas to bring in some hungry customers! [a bell
rings]
Pearl: [off-screen] Hello? Daddy?!
Mr. Krabs: Thar she blows! [leaves the room]
Squidward: SpongeBob, do you realize what this means?
SpongeBob: No new spatulas?
Squidward: No! It means some bratty teenager's coming
in here to tell us what to do. We can't have that! We have seniority, right?
SpongeBob: Right! [he and Squidward shake hands]
Squidward: So, we'll work together to protect our
pathetic positions.
SpongeBob: Okey-dokey, Squidward. And then we'll get
those new spatulas.
Mr. Krabs: [pokes his head into the office] All right,
men. [SpongeBob and Squidward walk out of the office] Say hello to me Pearl.
SpongeBob: Hello, pole. [hugs one of the giant
pillars]
Pearl: [holding a box] Hi, guys.
Mr. Krabs: It makes me jolly as a roger to have you
finally aboard the family business.
Pearl: Great, Dad, because I have so many new ideas.
Mr. Krabs: [sniffs the air and his eyes conjoin to
make a dollar sign shape] I can smell the money already! I'll be in me office
if you need me. [walks off]
SpongeBob: What's in the box?
Pearl: It's a surprise.
SpongeBob: I like surprises.
Pearl: Great, then close your eyes.
SpongeBob: [covers his eyes with his hands] I'm ready!
[Pearl puts the box's open end over SpongeBob]
Squidward: Well, I like it so far.
Pearl: [Pearl lifts up the box] Ta-dah. [Squidward
gasps. The body suit is pink with purple flowers and on the top are two K's
being held up by springs.] It's the new Krusty Krew uniform. I designed it
myself. [hands SpongeBob a mirror]
Squidward: Okay, this is it, SpongeBob. Now tell her
how you really feel about that uniform.
SpongeBob: Okay, Squidward. [winks to him] Pearl...
this is the greatest uniform ever!
Squidward: Fish paste.
Pearl: Oh, SpongeBob, you look so adorable. I could
just eat you up.
SpongeBob: Sorry, Pearl, this item's not on the menu.
[giggles]
Squidward: Well, I didn't think it was possible,
SpongeBob, but you look even more ridiculous than usual.
Pearl: Don't be jealous, Uncle Squiddy. I made one for
you, too. [Squidward holds up his uniform]
Squidward: Don't bother. Only a fool would wear that.
Mr. Krabs: [bursts out of his office, wearing the
uniform] Avast, ye shipmates! Don't these just shiver your timbers? [laughs,
then shuts the door, then peeks his head out] Get that suit on, sailor. It's
already been paid for.
Squidward: [with the uniform on. The two springs give
and the K's fall over Squidward's eyes] Rage. Fury. Irritation. Humiliation.
Pearl: Squidward is such a barnacle.
SpongeBob: A stick in the sand.
Pearl: But not you, SpongeBob. You are full of style.
SpongeBob: Me? Really?
Pearl: Totally, S.B. You ooze fashion. And I've got
some completely coral concepts for this old joint, and I'm going to need
someone with your kind of talent to help me.
SpongeBob: Well, I have been trying to get Mr. Krabs
to make some changes around here. [looks at a picture he drew of Mr. Krabs,
himself and Squidward with mustaches]
Pearl: Why, with my girlish instincts, and your, um...
sponginess, [cut to a view of the Krusty Krab as a deserted place, where a
skeleton is sitting at a table] we'll turn this worn-out lunch wagon into a
teenage paradise.
Pearl: [cut to Pearl with a notepad, thinking]
SpongeBob, what do you like better? The Kutie Krab or the Kooky Krab?
Squidward: [runs over] For what, dare I ask?
Pearl: The new name for our new look. I mean,
"The Krusty Krab" has got to go. Who wants to eat at a place they
think is crusty? [makes a raspberry] Blech! [sticks out her tongue and points
the pencil towards it to show disgust]
Squidward: Well, sure it's a terrible name, but this
is a terrible place. Therefore, the name should be left alone. Right,
SpongeBob?
SpongeBob: I got it! How about The Khaotic Krab?
Pearl: Hmm... how about The Kissy Krab? [puckers up
her lips and makes kissing noises]
SpongeBob: [in royal attire] The King Krab?
Pearl: [holds up a lollipop, which bears an odd
resemblance to her father] The Kandy Krab!
SpongeBob: [dressed as a jazzy beatnik] The Kool Krab.
[dresses as a cowboy riding a stick horse] Or the Kowboy Krab! [appears totally
stretched out] The Kurly Krab. [appears as a mad scientist holding a brain with
crab-like arms coming from it] The Kreepy Krab. [appears as a crazy killer
jungle man with a loincloth and shouts scarily] The Killer Krab!
Pearl: [freaked out, gasps] No!
SpongeBob: You're right, too scary. [they both think
and finally get the name]
SpongeBob and Pearl: The Kuddly Krab! [both happily
hug and laugh. A rainbow of colors fills the screen. Pearl, SpongeBob and an
anguished Squidward stand outside the new restaurant. The sign for the
restaurant is now a heart and a cutesy robot Krabs is waving his arms atop it.
The restaurant outside itself is tie-dyed with colors and rainbows and the
flags are now hearts. Balloons are hanging from the roof and giant lollipops
come from the chimney. Pearl and SpongeBob, giggling, walk back in the
restaurant. Squidward is so mad that the two K's on his uniform catch on fire
and he shakes the pole. Incidental 22 and Fred drive by in a car.]
Incidental 22: It's a shame old man Krabs sold the
Krusty Krab.
Fred: That's a darn shame. Hey, lady! Do you know
where we can get something to eat around here?
Squidward: That's it! I quit! [rips off his uniform,
revealing nothing under it. A police whistle is blown and Incidental 118 comes
over and writes him a ticket for indecent exposure and places it between his
legs. Inside the restaurant, it's a total makeover, like Pearl said before,
it's a teenage paradise]
Incidental 11: Finally! A cool place for teens to
just, you know, hang out. [Pearl and SpongeBob admire their restaurant]
SpongeBob: Pearl, you're a genius. All these young,
hip new customers. Phooey on Squidward. He can't keep up with the times. You're
a true visionary, Pearl.
Pearl: Thank you, SpongeBob. I do have 20/20 vision.
[blinks bashfully]
SpongeBob: Well, hip people have to eat, too. Back to
the grill. [is in the kitchen at the grill] The customers may be hot, but my
grill is hotter. [pushes his spatula on the grill and imitates a sizzle]
Pearl: [in the ordering window to hand SpongeBob an
order] SpongeBob, order up!
SpongeBob: Two... sa-lads. Never heard of it. [gasp] I
got to stay hip. I don't want to end up like silly old Squidward. But what in
the name of Davy Jones' locker is a [pronounces it wrong] sa-lad? [Bubble
transition to SpongeBob walking up to Pearl with a tray with two Krabby
Patties] Here you go. Two sa-lads.
Pearl: Ew, gross. Those aren't salads. Take those
back. Remove the bun, the patty and the condiments.
SpongeBob: But that leaves just lettuce and tomato.
Pearl: Exactly.
SpongeBob: All right. [walks back to the kitchen and
sadly removes the top bun] Okay, no buns. That's hip. [removes the bottom buns
and top buns] No patties, [removes the patties] happenin'. [crushed] Oh, yeah,
that's definitely the coolest meal I ever saw.
Incidental 46: This is so cool!
SpongeBob: [walks over with a tray of salads to
Incidental 46 and Incidental 7 at a table, who are talking] Two salads. [drops
the tray on the table and walks back to the kitchen] That was awful. I hope I
never have to tear apart a perfectly good Krabby Patty ever again. I don't
think my heart can take it. [screams, noticing the grill is gone] Where's the
grill?
Pearl: Come on, SpongeBob, you're a hip guy. You know
fried foods are O-U-T, out.
SpongeBob: Uh... right on.
Pearl: Check out this new menu I came up with.
[SpongeBob takes the menu]
SpongeBob: [reading it] Salad and tea. But where are
the Krabby Patties?
Pearl: Oh, silly, those aren't hip. Oh, you won't be
needing that thing anymore. [takes the spatula from SpongeBob. He starts to
stutter] I've got something more fun for you to do anyway. [cut to SpongeBob
outside the restaurant in a crab suit, waving at cars. One car with Incidental
27 stops]
Incidental 27: Hey, buddy, you need a ride? I was just
on my way to the big doofus convention. [laughs and drives off]
SpongeBob: This is humiliating. I'm a fry cook, darn
it! You can take away my spatula, but when you take away my dignity, that's
when I get mad! I'm going to march right into Mr. Krabs' office and tell him
this is just too much! [walks toward the restaurant, but gravity gets the best
of him and he falls over. He struggles to get up and starts to whimper. Cut to
SpongeBob at Mr. Krabs' door, outside the costume.] Okay, SpongeBob, you can do
this. Come on... [knocks on the door and peeks in] Mr. Krabs, could I talk to
you? [Mr. Krabs' office is just as elaborately decorated as the rest of the
restaurant]
Mr. Krabs: Come on in, me boy. Have a seat.
SpongeBob: Thanks, Mr. Krabs. [sits down in a bear
bean bag chair, but starts to sink inside it]
Mr. Krabs: Don't you just love me new office? Pearly
designed it for me.
SpongeBob: [has sunk in, now you can only see his eye]
Mr. Krabs, um, I think we've got a problem.
Mr. Krabs: Isn't that the neatest $40 chair you ever
sat in?
SpongeBob: [has totally sunk into the chair and he
sticks out his hand] Sure, Mr. Krabs, but I've got some bad news.
Mr. Krabs: How about my cuddly executive buddy? [picks
up a blue stress-relief doll] Reduces stress for only five easy payments of $9.95.
[squeezes it as its eyes, nose and ears pop out]
SpongeBob: [pops out of the chair] Mr. Krabs, Pearl is
ruining the Krusty Krab! [covers his mouth]
Mr. Krabs: What?! Why, Pearl is saving the Krusty
Krab! I mean, the Kuddly Krab. [goes over to a picture of a seahorse] What
would we do without these beautiful $20 sea unicorn wall hangers? [goes to a
strand of lights] How could we have ever survive without these $35 heart
lights? How could we go on without a sea fern on every last table?! [holds one
up] It's hip! It's coral! It's... it's losing money! [starts to cry] Oh, you're
right, SpongeBob. But I can't fire me pride and joy. It would break her fragile
little heart! What am I going to do?
SpongeBob: There, there, Mr. Krabs. I'm sure there's
another way.
Mr. Krabs: That's it, boy!
SpongeBob: What's it?
Mr. Krabs: You could fire her! It's okay if she hates
you.
SpongeBob: That's not what I said, sir. [Mr. Krabs
brings SpongeBob to the door]
Mr. Krabs: Great then, it's all settled: you fire
Pearly, I'll hide in me office. [SpongeBob is pushed out the door and
accidentally runs into Pearl]
Pearl: Totally rude, SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: Pearl, could I see you in the kitchen for a
second?
Pearl: Sure, SpongeBob. [they walk to the kitchen]
SpongeBob: [thinking] How am I going to break it to
her? I've never fired anyone before. I just got to say it. Pearl, you're fired!
Okay, here it goes. [opens his mouth to say it, but Pearl is already crying]
Pearl: [crying] Oh, SpongeBob! [SpongeBob lets out a
sigh of some relief]
Pearl: I can't take it anymore! Nothing I do is
working!
SpongeBob: Sure it is, Pearl. Look at all the hip,
young people eating sa-lads!
Pearl: No, don't you get it?! I've been trying to get
fired since day one! I was only pretending to like this place to please Daddy.
This job is cutting majorly into my social life. Oh, SpongeBob, what should I
do?
SpongeBob: [thinks for a second] I've got it! I could
pretend to [air quotes] "fire you." I'll take the heat from old man
Krabs later.
Pearl: [grabs SpongeBob in a bone-snapping hug] Gosh,
you'd really do that for me? You're a great pal, SpongeBob. How can I ever
thank you?
SpongeBob: [muffled] Stop trying to break me in half?
Pearl: [drops him] Deal. [cut to SpongeBob and Pearl
walking up to Mr. Krabs' door, Pearl tries to conceal her laughing] Oh, boy,
oh, boy!
SpongeBob: Okay, Pearl. We got to make this
convincing. [loud and clear] Pearl, I need to have a word with you. [we see Mr.
Krabs in his office, sobbing]
Mr. Krabs: Oh no, here it goes! I don't know if I can
bear to listen.
SpongeBob: It's not that you haven't done a good job
around here, it's just that...
Mr. Krabs: [now pushed against the door] Don't be too
hard on her, now. Why does it have to be in this way? [sees himself in the
uniform in the mirror] It's for the best.
SpongeBob: Well, we feel it might be in everybody's
best interest if...
Mr. Krabs: I can't let him do this! [goes for the
door, then sees the vault open. It's empty, and a spider crawls around its web]
Get on with it, SpongeBob!
SpongeBob: Pearl, you're fired. [Mr. Krabs chokes and
falls over]
Pearl: [whispers] Thanks, SpongeBob. [kisses him, then
runs off and jumps into a car with all her friends] Come on, gang, the mall
awaits! [they drive off. SpongeBob runs into the office]
SpongeBob: Hey, Mr. Krabs, I did it! [screams when he
sees Mr. Krabs' body. He runs over to a bill behind glass, which is for
emergency purposes and he breaks the glass. He waves the bill under Mr. Krabs'
nose.]
Mr. Krabs: [regaining consciousness] Oh, Pearly...
[sniffs] Is that a $20? [pockets the bill] Oh, SpongeBob, how could we have
done such a thing to me own flesh and blood? [cries]
SpongeBob: There, there, Mr. Krabs. Pearl took it just
fine, in fact, she seemed kind of happy.
Mr. Krabs: Really?
SpongeBob: She's off to bigger and better things.
Mr. Krabs: That's me girl; tough as nails, just like
her old man! [laughs] But how am I gonna get my money back for all this stuff?
[SpongeBob thinks. Cut to his house, where all the stuff is put up in his
house. SpongeBob dances in his uniform to the music]
SpongeBob: [laughing] Isn't this great, Gary? And it
only cost me one year's salary!
Gary: [covered in stuffed animals and his shell has flowers painted on it] Meow?