Help Wanted/Reef Blower

"**Help Wanted/Reef Blower**" is an episode of *SpongeBob SquarePants* from season one. In "Help Wanted," SpongeBob gets a job at the Krusty Krab; in "Reef Blower," SpongeBob attempts to move a shell off of his lawn.

## Characters

### Help Wanted

* SpongeBob SquarePants
* Patrick Star
* Squidward Tentacles
* Eugene H. Krabs (debut)
* Gary the Snail
* Sub Bus driver (debut) (voice heard)
* Anchovies (debut)
* Betsy Krabs (mentioned)

## Synopsis

### Help Wanted

SpongeBob is getting ready for the day; it is the day that he is to apply for a job at the Krusty Krab. Before going to the restaurant, he lifts a weight with stuffed animals on the sides to warm himself up for the application. SpongeBob starts jogging to the Krusty Krab while Patrick encourages him from his rock.

SpongeBob starts talking about what he is going to do when he reaches the Krusty Krab, but in the end, he decides he is not ready. However, Patrick stops him, encouraging him that he was born to have the job. SpongeBob eventually decides to go to the Krusty Krab to get the job. Mr. Krabs sees SpongeBob and happily welcomes him to the position.

Squidward, who is the big boss and current owner, denies the sponge getting the job and tells Mr. Krabs to banish him from the place for good. Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob that if he gets a hydro-dynamic spatula and prove to Squidward he's not useless, he will get the job. SpongeBob quickly runs to the Barg'N-Mart to get it, Mr. Krabs begs Squidward not banish him from the job.

A couple of buses filled with anchovies arrive at the restaurant, making Mr. Krabs panic as he knows what happens when anchovies come. As the anchovies flood the restaurant, Squidward tells them to bash, crash, and smash the place, throwing and thrashing Mr. Krabs. It seems as though he's are finished due to the flood of anchovies, but SpongeBob comes right on time with his hydrodynamic spatula. SpongeBob goes into the kitchen and cooks many Krabby Patties, and tosses them to all the hungry anchovies until they are all satisfied and leave the restaurant.

Much to the dismay of Squidward, Mr. Krabs decides to hire SpongeBob as a fry cook, seeing as SpongeBob made him in lots of cash. To close the episode, Patrick orders, causing SpongeBob to cook many Krabby Patties and toss them all at him, flinging Squidward out of the restaurant and ending the episode.

### Reef Blower

The episode starts with Squidward going outside, only to spot a shell on his lawn. He kicks the shell onto SpongeBob's yard to keep his own clean, but it turns out SpongeBob is also very protective of his lawn, and gets out a reef blower from his garage to get rid of it, the noise of the machinery making Squidward irritated.

SpongeBob, struggling to blow away the shell, ends up blowing it so hard sand comes out and lands on Squidward. SpongeBob comes to Squidward and blows off the sand that landed on Squidward as well as his face. Seeing that there is a huge pile of sand on his yard, SpongeBob sets the blower to REVERSE, sucking up the sand pile, but the reef blower starts to break apart and throws out sand.

SpongeBob opens up the zipper behind the reef blower and puts the excess sand that was thrown out in there. He tries to start it again but it doesn't work. This prompts SpongeBob to pull the handle of the reef blower very far. Once he feels he's far enough, he lets go and quickly zips through the distance he went back onto the blower. SpongeBob starts sucking up the entire ocean, causing Squidward to almost suffocate, but quickly shoots all the water sucked up back out again. The episode ends with SpongeBob happy that his lawn is clean, while Squidward's lawn is filled with sand.

#### Running gags

* SpongeBob blowing something into Squidward's yard.