SpongeBob SquarePants/Recap/S1 E1 Help Wanted Reef Blower Tea At the Treedome

SpongeBob SquarePants has set off to fulfill his life's dream: A job at the Krusty Krab. He gets nervous, but with the motivation of his best friend Patrick, he goes in. But their cashier is his bitter neighbor Squidward, who tells the manager Mr. Krabs not to let him in. So Krabs sends Spongebob out to retrieve a special spatula for him. Just as he leaves though, a cluster of buses full of anchovies arrive, attacking the Krusty Krab for their food. Luckily, Spongebob comes in at the right time to save the day. Spatula in hand, he is capable of serving all of the customers with ease, and succeeds in getting the job.

Then, another day, he plays around with his reef blower, in a struggle with Squidward to see who can have the cleanest lawn. In the end, the entire ocean is drained.

Ignoring what just happened, the episode then goes to Spongebob meeting a "land squirrel", who maneuvers underwater with a special suit. She invites him to her underwater dome, where he slowly starts to die of dehydration. Rather than say anything about it, he decides that he doesn't need water. This doesn't end well. Sandy makes Spongebob and Patrick water bowls that they can wear on their heads to stay alive in the waterless environment.

Help Wanted contains examples of:
"Mr. Krabs: That smell. That smelly smell. That smelly smell that smells... smelly.
 * Department of Redundancy Department: Two examples. First Mr. Krabs on the smell of anchovies, and then Spongebob arriving at the Krusty Krab.

Spongebob: There it is. The finest eating establishment ever established for eating."


 * Pilot
 * Snipe Hunt: Krabs sends SpongeBob to find a "hydrodynamic spatula with port and starboard attachments and turbo drive" to send him away. Eventually, he does find one ("Can you believe they only had one in stock?") and uses it to save the day.

Reef Blowers contains examples of:

 * Mime-and-Music-Only Cartoon
 * No Dialogue Episode: Aside from one brief caption reading "You!".

Tea at the Treedome contains examples of:

 * Fourth Wall Portrait: SpongeBob and Patrick are turned into a real sea star and sponge when they run out of oxygen.
 * Off-Model: There is something "off" about SpongeBob's appearance during the first few minutes.