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Model Sponge

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"Model Sponge" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 7. In this episode, SpongeBob believes he is let go from the Krusty Krab, so he finds a new job as a commercial actor.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

Listening in on a conversation Mr. Krabs is having on the phone, SpongeBob thinks he is going to get fired because he heard the former was going to "let the little guy go" that day. He tries to be taller than Squidward using his abilities, seeing who was the "little guy," eventually realizing that he is indeed smaller. Distraught, he leaves and heads home. Back in Mr. Krabs' office, he is seen letting the "little guy" (who is his pet scallop that got too big for the cage) go, and it flies out the window.

Later, SpongeBob sits at home, depressed when Patrick arrives to borrow his refrigerator because his refrigerator was empty. When he learns of SpongeBob's predicament, Patrick suggests that he do what he does when looking for a job: sit back, watch TV, and chug down a carton of Drinkable Sausage. Gary gives SpongeBob smarter advice by giving attention to a newspaper with job suggestions.

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SpongeBob cleaning the sink.

SpongeBob tries out banking and architecture, but realizes that fry cooking is the only thing he knows how to do. With some encouragement from Patrick, he tries out for a sponge role at a TV station and, despite a complete lack of talent, gets it.

When SpongeBob arrives at work the next day, he thinks he is going to be a big actor, but it turns out the "acting" he will be doing is the role of a sponge in a bathroom-cleaning commercial, so he appears as his natural self in order to be the appearance of the New Sponge.

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SpongeBob refusing to clean the toilet.

Before they get to cleaning the toilet, he quits and returns to the Krusty Krab, telling Mr. Krabs he heard what he said and begs for him to give his old job back. Mr. Krabs does not understand what he's talking about, but agrees he is lucky enough to get it and lets him keep his job, under the condition that he also cleans the restaurant's toilets, which he does happily, while Hans is reading a newspaper, sitting on one of the toilets, as the episode ends.


Production[]

Art[]

  • Designed by Virginia Hawes[1] and Robertryan Cory.

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [title card]
 • Bubble Popping Boys - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [mirror covered with grime]
 • Bell Tree Gliss - Nicolas Carr [After SpongeBob cleans the mirror]
 • Credit Card Heaven - Nicolas Carr [After SpongeBob cleans the mirror]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob overhears Krabs on the phone]
 • Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs says he'll have to let the little guy go]
 ‣ Drama Link (D) - Hubert Clifford ["WHAT?!"]
 ‣ From The Dead - Ronald Hanmer ["Little guy? Who's the little guy?"]
 • Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Whew! I am taller!"]
 • Blue Tide - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh, who am I kidding?"]
 • Sad Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs was talking about his pet scallop]
 • Blue Tide - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob floats home]
 • Gator - Steve Belfer [Patrick borrowing SpongeBob's refrigerator]
 ‣ Wailing Strings - Gerhard Trede ["Oh, get it out of my sight."]
 ‣ Epilog - Gerhard Trede ["Oh, no! What are you gonna do?!"]
 • Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [Patrick gets an idea]
 • Slide Whistle Stooges 2 No Whistle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Just do what I do when I'm looking for a job."]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["I better get some fresh ones."]
 • Spongefoolery - Nicolas Carr, Steve Marston [SpongeBob reading the job listings]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob as a bank teller]
 • Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob fired]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob as a construction worker]
 • Steel Licks 7 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I guess I'm not a carpenter, Patrick."]
 • Carrol Chimes - Nicolas Carr ["I need to start fresh..."/"...with a job that feels natural..."/"...something that says "this is a job for a sponge.""]
 ‣ Cocksure Capers - Phil Green [Fresh and Natural Sponge billboard]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Fine, do it your way."]
 ‣ Box Office [#76] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob and Patrick enter at the TV studio]
 ‣ Box Office [#80] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["I did?"]
 • Tuning Fork - Nicolas Carr
 • Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I've seen clams with more talent than you."]
 • Anticipation Timpani Roll - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob thrills.]
 ‣ Starlight Revue - Alan Braden [SpongeBob hired]
 ‣ Broadway Flyer - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Yes, I did, Patrick."]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["What was that about?"]
 ‣ Bobbins and Spindles - Ronald Hanmer ["Patrick, when next you see me, it shall be on the television."]
 ‣ Box Office [#77] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [the next day at the studio]
 ‣ Befuddled Gent - Phil Green [SpongeBob's pants removed]
 ‣ Workaday World - Jack Beaver [New Sponge commercial]
 • Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I'm sorry, I don't think I'm cut out for acting."]
 ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob begs Krabs to take him back]
 • Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [ending]

Release[]

Reception[]

  • "Model Sponge" was ranked #17 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.

Trivia[]

General[]

  • Mr. Krabs is seen in golf clothes, but in "Selling Out," he claims that he hates golf.
  • This is the fifth appearance of Hans outside of the series' theme song. The first was "Suds," the second was "Imitation Krabs," the third was "The Smoking Peanut" and the fourth was "Clams."
  • This episode reveals that Mr. Krabs had a pet scallop, albeit he releases it in this episode.
  • Clips from this episode were used in Nick bumpers from 2009-2011.[2]
  • There is a story based on this episode on the educational children's tablet known as an InnoTab.
  • In "Suds," SpongeBob is happy when he is used to cleaning things. This time, he gets upset about it, drawing the line at cleaning the toilet.
  • SpongeBob did not know what the job was, although the casting director gave him a script.
  • The bathroom shown looks like the one shown in Sandy's treedome in the episode "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy."
  • This is the only episode in which Quincy appears purple instead of light green.
  • In this episode, SpongeBob is almost used to clean a toilet. He is actually used to clean a toilet in "Home Sweet Rubble."
  • At one point, the casting director mumbles "Ach, du lieber," which is German for "Oh, my god."
  • This is the second episode in which SpongeBob slides through the Krusty Krab doors. The first is "Once Bitten."
  • This is the second episode in which SpongeBob says "Goodbye life as I know it" and gets a job from a bank and construction site only to get fired. The first is "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?"
  • This is Hans' first speaking role since "Suds."
  • After SpongeBob gets the role for the commercial, Patrick does not appear again for the remainder of the episode.
  • The episode was adapted to a learning video game available for V.Reader, an e-book device for children by Vtech.
  • On the September 28, 2019 airing, this episode was paired up with "Spy Buddies."[3]
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Fresh Nautical Sponge Billboard in SpongeBob Simulator

Dub facts[]

  • This is the last episode with the original cast for the Finnish dub.
    • This is also the last episode to premiere on Nickelodeon Finland.

Errors[]

SpongeBob's eyelashes mistake in Model Sponge

SpongeBob's visible eyelashes mistake.

  • When SpongeBob is reading a newspaper and says, "Oh, this one sounds interesting," SpongeBob blinks his eyes but his eyelashes are still seen.
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Misplaced sleeves.

  • When the hook takes off SpongeBob's pants, his sleeves are still on, but in the next scene, they are gone.
  • While SpongeBob still has his clothes on, the bathroom background seems to be clean.
  • When SpongeBob first enters the set of the commercial, everything is normal-sized, but after the filming starts, the set is so big that SpongeBob seems to be the size of a normal kitchen sponge, and also, once the filming stops, the set is normal-sized again.
SpongeBob's yellow spatula in Model Sponge

SpongeBob's yellow spatula.

  • When SpongeBob says, "I'm sorry to waste your time, mister," the gray spatula he's holding turns yellow for a split-second.
  • When SpongeBob was kicked off the house-building job and gets thrown into the sand, the Krabby Patty house he designed is nowhere in sight, and the tower is not there when SpongeBob shows the worker the house.


Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Russian Губка — звезда телевидения
Gubka — zvezda televideniya		 Sponge's the TV Star
Spanish Modelo esponja Model Sponge

References[]

  1. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants - Ginny Hawes: Art & Animation
  2. ^ Nick - Spongebob Bumpers (Eng) - YouTube
  3. ^ September 28, 2019 - Nickstory
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