FarmerBob

"FarmerBob" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick work a day on Old Man Jenkins' farm.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Old Man Jenkins
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Old Man Jenkins' barn ^{(as a character)}
• Ol' Bessy ^{(single appearance)}
• Jellybee ^(debut)
• Worm hogs ^{(single appearance)}
• Clams
• Old Man Jenkins' house ^{(as a character)}
• Farmer aliens

Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, Mr. Krabs makes SpongeBob work for Old Man Jenkins at his farm so he can pay his grocery bill. He also sends Patrick to help SpongeBob do his chores.

Their tasks are to get eggs from oysters, feed the worm hogs, milk Ol' Bessy, and harvest Old Man Jenkins' field of kelp. They finish all these chores and after they get off the tractor due to finishing the last chore, SpongeBob and Patrick get excited for the barn dance.

However, the tractor is still running and crashes into the barn. In order to still have a barn dance, SpongeBob and Patrick raise a baby barn to a grown-up. After that, they have the barn dance, until some aliens arrive due to seeing an invitation made by the tractor on the crop field.

They hangout for a while until they have to leave to destroy the universe. Mr. Krabs arrives to pick SpongeBob and Patrick up, and as they are driving, they get abducted by a UFO, as the episode ends.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on August 7, 2018.^[2]

Storyboards

• Supervised by Dave Cunningham,^[3] plussed by Arielle Phillips and Karl Hadrika.^[4]

Music

 • Hillbilly Party - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
 • Another Krusty Krab Day 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs waiting for SpongeBob in his boat]
 • Blue Acres 1 Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs and SpongeBob arrive at Old Man Jenkins' farm]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Huh? Potatoes?"]
 • Seaweed 2 - Steve Belfer [Patrick appears eating potatoes in the sack]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Closeup of SpongeBob and Patrick's certified fools badges]
 • Bikini Bottom Hillbillies - Nicolas Carr [Old Man Jenkins' barn and grain silo dancing]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
 • Skipping to Hillbilly School - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Old Man Jenkins teaches SpongeBob and Patrick how to get eggs from oysters]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick trying to open an oyster's mouth with a crowbar]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [Oysters laugh and spit eggs at SpongeBob and Patrick]
 • Skipping to Hillbilly School - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Why, you ain't gathered up a single egg!"]
 • Comical Shots - Nicolas Carr [Rimshot]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene]
 • Lazy Houndog - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob feeding worm hogs]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Little worm hog chewing on SpongeBob]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31C - Jeremy Wakefield [Little worm hog burps SpongeBob's clothes]
 • Blue Acres 2 Full Mix 2 - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob trying to milk the jellyfish cow]
 • Hillbilly Hoot - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Your final chore is harvesting my kelp patch."]
 • Hillbilly Tension Build - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Huge field full of kelp is shown]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11A - Jeremy Wakefield ["Driver's license, fishing license..."]
 • Shotgun Wedding 2 - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Marriage license."]
 • Hillbilly Dual - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick driving the tractor]
 • Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Jellybee appears and Patrick panics]
 • Hillbilly Chase - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick throws SpongeBob out of the tractor]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob is all tied up]
 • Comic Drum Shots - Nicolas Carr [Rimshot]
 • Enter the Hillbillies - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, boy! Our chores are all done."]
 • Oh My Neptune - Nicolas Carr [Tractor destroys the barn]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 40A - Jeremy Wakefield ["How can we have a barn dance with no barn?"]
 ‣ Feeling Happy - Alan Perry [SpongeBob and Patrick growing the barn]
 ‣ Mazel Tov A - Nainita Desai, Malcom Laws [Old Man Jenkins' barn mitzvah is finished]
 • Hillbilly Hoot - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene]
 • Chiho O's Disco - Nicolas Carr [Disco music at the barn mitzvah]
 ‣ Drama Link (B) - Hubert Clifford [Ground rumbles]
 • Welcome to the Future - Nicolas Carr [UFO appears and drops an outhouse]
 • Nervous Tension 3 - Nicolas Carr, Dick De Benedictis [A alien comes out of the outhouse.]
 • ? - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, I think the party's over."]
 • Close Encounter of the Hillbilly Kind - Nicolas Carr [The farmer alien pulls out a fiddle and plays music.]
 • Hillbilly Party - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Aliens playing music]
 • In Search of Alien Life - Nicolas Carr [Alien shows the crop circle invitation]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield ["I have a crop circle license too."]
 • Hillbilly Party - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Aliens leave Old Man Jenkins' farm]
 • Hillbilly Home - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs comes to pick SpongeBob and Patrick]
 • Ahoy Landlubbers - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob telling Krabs what they did at the farm]
 ‣ Alien Spacecraft A - Gregor Narholz [UFO abducts Krabs' boat]

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20, The Complete Twelfth Season, Another 100 Episodes, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Trivia

General

• This episode was paired up with "Surf N' Turf," an episode from season 11, during the original airing, but has since been re-airing with "Gary & Spot."^[5]
  • Both episodes premiered on Remembrance Day.
  • This also makes this the only season 12 episode to be paired with a season 11 episode during the original airing.
• Starting with this episode, Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller are credited as co-executive producers instead of supervising producers.
• The storyboard director credit is used again starting with this episode.

• This is the first episode to use "Hillbilly Party" as the title card music since "Trenchbillies."
• This is the second episode in which Patrick is shown to have a driving license. The first was "Driven to Tears."
  • This episode also reveals, aside from having a driver's license, Patrick also has licenses for fishing, marriage, tractors, and crop circles.

Episode references

• The pictures on SpongeBob and Patrick's badges are a reference to their poses from "Mid-Life Crustacean."

Cultural references

• SpongeBob posing next to Old Man Jenkins references the 1930 painting American Gothic.
  • "Artist Unknown," "The Check-Up," and Plankton: The Movie also reference this.
• The scene in which the baby wormhog isn't able to obtain any food, but is graciously offered some grub by SpongeBob is a parody of Wilbur taking food from Fern from the 1952 book, Charlotte's Web.
• A "Barn mitzvah" is held for Old Man Jenkins' farm; this is a parody of a Bar mitzvah, a coming of age ceremony held for boys in Judaism once they reach the age of 13.

Errors

• When Mr. Krabs throws a bag of potatoes at SpongeBob, his tie and eyelashes are missing.
• When SpongeBob feeds the small worm hog, he is outside of the fenced area, but in the next scene, he is inside the area.

• When SpongeBob throws the baseball at Patrick, his eyes disappear for a frame.
• When SpongeBob is feeding the baby barn, his left arm is tiny.
• When SpongeBob and Patrick are next to a jelly-covered Old Man Jenkins, SpongeBob's left leg is missing.
• When the first farm alien comes out, in the outhouse behind him, the other farm aliens are absent.
• In an exterior nighttime shot of the barn, when the tractor drives by and everyone is dancing, the characters dancing is not looped correctly.
• After Patrick stops the tractor, it is not seen or heard mowing for anymore of the episode until the farm alien mentions it.
• At the beginning of the episode, the Krusty Krab is right next to Old Man Jenkins' farm, but it is much further away when they are driving back at the end of the episode.

Video

Names in other languages

References

1. ^ Nicktoons UK - March 14, 2019
2. ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Thank you for..."
3. ^ Dave Cunningham on Twitter - "... and some more artwork from the other Sunday..."
4. ^ Karl Hadrika on Tumblr - "The second episode premiering today was..."
5. ^ Nickstory - November 11, 2018