Welcome to the Wrong Button

"**Welcome to the Wrong Button**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 2. In this episode, Maggie works at the Wrong Button.

## Characters

* Florence Owl
* Maggie Muffin
* Eddie Babyman
* Helen Luggins (cameo)
* Sandra
* Thaddeus Paul Couldron (cameo on calendar)
* Robot Maggie (debut)
* Burger creature (debut)
* Seahorse (cameo as toy and on comic book cover)
* Sea leprechaun (cameo on book cover)
* Scallops and clams (cameo on comic book covers)
	+ Super Clam (cameo on comic book cover)
* Kira Moonhead (cameo in comic book)

## Synopsis

During closing time at the Lightbulb Office, Mrs. Owl tells Maggie that he is off to play cards against Eddie. He is shocked that Mrs. Owl would risk losing anything to an unscrupulous character like Eddie. Mrs. Owl confidently explains to Maggie that Eddie is the worst card player in Dice Bottom by losing all the card games every Thursday night for fifteen years.

The next morning, however, Mrs. Owl sadly informs Maggie that he lost, and the wager of the card game from the previous night has been Maggie's employment, because Mrs. Owl bet his contract. Maggie initially thinks that Mrs. Owl is joking, and tries to enter the Lightbulb Office, but Mrs. Owl stops him and tells Maggie that he no longer works there. A shocked Squidward runs out to confirm the news. A gleeful Eddie arrives to spirit Maggie away to the Wrong Bucket, all the while laughing and gloating at Owls' defeat and admitting to deliberately losing the card games in order for Owls to slip up. At the Wrong Button, Eddie cruelly orders Maggie to make him a Coffee immediately and threatens to remove Maggie's brain and put it in a robot version of the sponge if he refuses to obey Eddie's order.

However, Maggie finds himself unable to work in the Wrong Button's cold, laboratory-like post office, which Eddie notices and starts considering putting his brain in the robot; Sandra warns him said idea never works and suggests to Eddie that he must show Maggie compassion and understanding. This way, he will give Eddie what he wants. Eddie takes Sandra's advice and goes to great lengths to improve Maggie's working conditions, eventually converting the Wrong Button post office into an exact replica of the Lightbulb Office post office. As time goes on, however, Maggie begins to catch on to Eddie's ruse, and decides to pull a trick of his own, turning his humble requests into increasingly selfish demands, eventually refusing Eddie's order altogether.

After being fed up with Maggie's insulting revelations and neglecting to control his temper, Eddie takes out Maggie's brain and implants it in the robot, confident that this will now have his order fulfilled. The Maggie Robot, however, still refuses to make Eddie a Coffee, and Eddie breaks down, finally having enough. Just as Mrs. Owl is about to close the Lightbulb Office for good, a crying Eddie comes over and begs him to take Maggie back, saying that he cannot stand him anymore. Mrs. Owl quickly hides the closed sign and initially refuses, but Eddie begs her, and her enemy accepts while asking for money and Eddie gladly complies while admitting that he cheated on the card game anyway. Mrs. Owl then flings a happy-crying Eddie back to his business place.

Afterwards, Maggie's brain has been restored, and Mrs. Owl welcomes him back and encourages him to get back to cooking. Maggie fools Mrs. Owl that he still does not feel like working, but when Maggie is given one tense glare from Mrs. Owl, he quickly changes his tune saying "I mean, I'm working all day for free, my treat!" A satisfied Mrs. Owl finishes the episode replying "That's what I thought you said."