SpongeBob, You're Fired

"SpongeBob, You're Fired"
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
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Episode no.Season 9
Episode 11
Directed byAlan Smart (animation and supervising)
Tom Yasumi (animation)
Marc Ceccarelli (storyboard)
Luke Brookshier (storyboard)
Written byMarc Ceccarelli
Luke Brookshier
Mr. Lawrence
Production code325-941/325-942[1]
Original air dateNovember 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)
Running time22 minutes
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"SpongeBob, You're Fired" is a television special[2] of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, serving as the eleventh episode (ninth on Paramount +) of the ninth season and the 189th overall episode. It was written by Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence (the former two also serving as storyboard directors), with supervising director Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi serving as animation directors. Originally premiering in Greece on July 3, 2013,[3] it premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States that same year on November 11. In this episode, SpongeBob is dismissed from his job at the Krusty Krab after his boss, Mr. Krabs, discovers that he can save a nickel by letting him go. Subsequently, SpongeBob's attempts to apply at other restaurants end in humiliating failure.

"SpongeBob, You're Fired" was first screened at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Prior to broadcast on television, the episode created a level of controversy for its depiction of unemployment. It eventually sparked a political debate when Media Matters for America and Al Sharpton of MSNBC accused both the New York Post and Fox News of using the episode "to slam poor people who use social services".[4][5][6][7][3] The premiere of "SpongeBob, You're Fired" drew 5.19 million viewers,[8] the biggest audience viewership for a SpongeBob SquarePants episode in two years since "Frozen Face-Off" in July 2011.

  1. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants Episode Guide -Nicktoons Prods[dead link]
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  8. ^ Bibel, Sara (November 12, 2013). "Monday Cable Ratings: Monday Night Football Wins Night, Love & Hip Hop, WWE Raw, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills & More". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.