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"SpongeBob, You're Fired!" is a television special of the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. It serves as the 11th episode of the ninth season and the 189th overall episode. It was directed by Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi, and was written by Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, and Mr. Lawrence. Ceccarelli and Brookshier also served as storyboard directors. The episode originally aired in Greece on July 3, 2013. In the United States, it aired on Nickelodeon on November 11. In this episode of the series, which follows the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob gets fired from the Krusty Krab after Mr. Krabs discovers he can save a nickel by eliminating him. SpongeBob subsequently decides to apply at other restaurants. "SpongeBob, You're Fired!" was first screened at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International. Prior to broadcast on television, the episode created 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."〔〔〔〔〔 The premiere of "SpongeBob, You're Fired!" drew 5.2 million viewers, the biggest audience viewership for a ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode in two years. ==Plot summary== SpongeBob is going about his usual day at work at the Krusty Krab. All of a sudden, his employer Mr. Krabs shows up and tells him that he is terminated from his fry cooking job. According to Mr. Krabs, he can save a nickel if he cuts SpongeBob's salary. SpongeBob is determined to work for free, but Mr. Krabs concedes such labor would be illegal, and he would lose his license. Squidward Tentacles, SpongeBob's apathetic co-worker, asks if he can be fired as well, but Mr. Krabs refuses, reminding Squidward of his seniority. SpongeBob cries in depression all the way home. Squidward, gleeful over SpongeBob's termination, begins to wonder who will run the grill. Mr. Krabs takes SpongeBob's previous position and runs the kitchen, much to Squidward's dismay. At home, SpongeBob is still distraught and tells Patrick his situation. Patrick, however, tells him that "being unemployed is the best gig he knows." and says that he will come back tomorrow to introduce him to "the unemployed lifestyle". The next morning, the two friends meet and start SpongeBob's first day of "glorious unemployment" or as ''Patrick'' likes to call it, "Fun Employment". Patrick demonstrates his activities to his best friend. At Sandy Cheeks' tree dome, where SpongeBob and Patrick go for free lunch, Sandy tells SpongeBob to put himself back together. SpongeBob has an epiphany and admits to Patrick that he really needs to get a job. Afterwards, SpongeBob attempts to get a job at a hot dog joint, but gets fired for ruining the food by turning it to "Weenie Patties". He applies at a pizza joint, then at a burrito joint and finally at a noodles joint, but, like at the ''Hot Dog'' joint, he gets fired for altering the food into "Pizza Patties", "Burrito Patties" and finally "Noodle Patties". SpongeBob then goes home and prepares his pet Gary a homemade pet food because they are already out. Eventually, the door rings and SpongeBob answers only to be stashed into a body bag and taken back to the hot dog restaurant, where he is forced to work, because of pure irony, as the customers now like his nostalgic creations. All the three other previous restaurants he applied at, now begin to fight over him. Then a mysterious person in a costume shaped like a Krabby Patty saves SpongeBob and takes him to the Krusty Krab, where it is in ruins and the customers are leaving. It is revealed that the person wearing the suit is Squidward, who admits that the Krusty Krab is getting worse without SpongeBob and that even though he hates SpongeBob, he hate the smell of burnt patties even more. Mr.Krbs tells SpongeBob that he made a mistake in firing him, and asks if he wants to be rehired. SpongeBob gladly accepts, claiming that his life has a purpose again. He cleans up the Krusty Krab, and puts the restaurant back on track. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SpongeBob, You're Fired!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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