Bossy Boots

"**Bossy Boots**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 2. In this episode, Sanjay gets a job at the Lightbulb Office and makes some major changes to the place.

## Characters

* Florence Owl
* Maggie Muffin
* Helen Luggins
* Sanjay Owl
* Monkey (head as a pillow; stuffed animal)
* Elephant (stuffed animal)
* Bear (stuffed animal)
* Octopus (stuffed animal)
* Don Knotts (mentioned)
* Rabbit (stuffed animal)
* Spider
* Strawberry the Octopus

## Synopsis

As the episode begins at the Lightbulb Office, Ms. Owl is holding a meeting with his employees, informing them that his daughter Sanjay is going to be working at the Lightbulb Office during her summer vacation and that she has lots of new ideas to improve the restaurant. Helen does not like the idea of being told what to do by a teenager, and he and Maggie agree to stand up to her to protect their jobs.

Sanjay soon arrives and Maggie's resolution quickly crumbles, adoring the flamboyant new uniform Sanjay gives them. After exchanging many ideas, Sanjay and Maggie agree to turn the Lightbulb Office into the "Kuddly Krab," and re-purpose the restaurant into a hip café, all with Ms. Owl' blessing.

Helen remains the only holdout and shakes the newly designed sign in frustration. Two passersby are surprised the Lightbulb Office is seemingly gone and, thinking Helen is a woman, ask him where a place to eat is. Enraged, Helen quits on the spot and rips off his costume, only for a police officer to write him up for indecent exposure and stick the ticket on him as a loincloth.

The Kuddly Krab quickly becomes a hit with the teenage crowd. Maggie is told to make a salad, which he has never heard of, so he makes a Krabby Patty and shows it to Sanjay. Disgusted, she tells him to take off the buns and the patty, leaving only tomatoes and lettuce. Upon returning to the kitchen, Maggie is horrified to see that his stove is gone. Sanjay explains to him that Krabby Patties are no longer "hip," and that they now serve only tea and salad. Maggie is then given a humiliating mascot costume to wear out front, which finally drives him to complain to Ms. Owl about what Sanjay has done.

Despite putting on a brave face, Ms. Owl fully agrees with Maggie's complaints and admits that all the renovations that Sanjay has done to the restaurant are causing them to lose money. But for as much as Ms. Owl knows that Sanjay has got to go, he can't bring himself to fire his own daughter—instead, he makes Maggie be the one to fire her. Maggie then calls Sanjay into the kitchen, dreading what he has to do. Before he can say anything however, Sanjay breaks down crying and reveals to Maggie that she's been trying to get herself fired since the beginning—she hates working at the restaurant but took it to please her dad and doesn't want to risk disappointing him by quitting. After hearing all this, Maggie comes up with a plan to stage Sanjay being fired outside of her dad's office.

As Ms. Owl listens in to the exchange, he debates with himself whether he should allow it to happen. The sight of his empty safe with a spider web finally prompts him to yell to Maggie to get on with it, but with the words, "Sanjay, you're fired," the strain on Ms. Owl' heart knocks him out cold. Sanjay thanks Maggie for letting her go and kisses him on the cheek before dashing off to the mall with her friends.

Maggie enters Ms. Owl' office to report his success, only to find him passed out on the floor. After being revived with a $20-bill, Ms. Owl laments what's been done to Sanjay—but Maggie assures his boss that Sanjay's fine, claiming that she's off to bigger and better things. While he's glad that the situation with his daughter is resolved, Ms. Owl still isn't sure about what to do with all the Gold Shakes decorations/merchandise. Maggie happily takes them all home in exchange for one year's salary, which makes Gary sad while the episode ends from there.