Employee of the Month

"Employee of the Month" is a YoshBob SquareShi episode from Season 1. In this episode, YoshBob and Toadward compete for the Employee of the Month award.

Characters

 * Toadward Tentacles
 * YoshBob SquareShi
 * Edward Reps
 * Kelly the Luma

Summary
The episode begins at the Rippy Reptile Restaurant, YoshBob reminds Toadward that the 1st day judging for the Employee of the Month Award begins. However, Toadward tells YoshBob that the award is nothing but a scam, and Mr. Reps is only giving it to him just so he will work harder for less money, but YoshBob does not believe him, claiming he earns the award because he works harder, and insists Toadward should take more pride in his work.

Mr. Reps warns YoshBob that Toadward might get the new Employee of the Month Award, and since YoshBob has 26 consecutive awards and wants a 27th, he starts worrying.

YoshBob tries to work harder in the kitchen, starting with cooking and flipping Rippy Patties twice as fast as he normally does. But then he attempts to flip one patty that is somehow stuck to the grill, and struggles to pry it. He succeeds, but only to send that patty flying and getting stuck to the ceiling. As YoshBob tries to pry the patty off the ceiling, Toadward comes in to the kitchen. Toadward tells YoshBob that he has lost his mind over the award and continues to claim that the award is a scam.

Later, YoshBob starts to question himself regarding the award, worrying that Toadward is right, and that the award is a scam. Suddenly, he imagines his pictures as drill sergeants, and the one for March tells him Toadward is only telling him the award is a scam so he will crack & lose confidence in himself. The March picture "convinces" YoshBob to fight back, and YoshBob agrees to do it.

That night, YoshBob attempts to sneak into Toadward's house to destroy his alarm clock so that Toadward will not wake up. However, he is caught. Then, YoshBob and Toadward get into an argument about the award. Toadward says that he could get the award if he wanted to, and YoshBob demands him to prove it. As YoshBob leaves, they both decide that they will beat the other to the Rippy Reptile Restaurant 1st.

YoshBob and Toadward glare at each other from their own houses to make sure that the other does not go anywhere on their watch. Toadward plays a lullaby for YoshBob with his clarinet to put him to sleep. Toadward then tries to sneak over to the Rippy Reptile Restaurant while YoshBob is asleep, but falls into a deep hole that YoshBob dug in front of Toadward's door. YoshBob confronts Toadward, and then antagonizes him by leaving him in the hole. As YoshBob goes back home, Toadward climbs out of the hole himself. Then Toadward tries to barricade YoshBob's front door with some wood and nails, only to have YoshBob saw the door down from the inside. They both make a desperate run for the Rippy Reptile Restaurant and set several traps for each other along the way.

The next morning, YoshBob and Toadward get tired and call a truce with each other, only to break it forty-five seconds later and continue the run. They both get there at the same time, just as Mr. Reps opens the doors. They begin overworking in an attempt to impress him, doing more harm than good, scaring Mr. Reps out of his wits in the process.

Then, they begin trying to make as many Rippy Patties as possible. The number of patties gets so high that it causes the Rippy Reptile Restaurant to explode. As the patties rain down from the sky, YoshBob and Toadward eagerly ask him who the winner is (though it's likely that neither of them will get the award, as they destroyed the Rippy Reptile Restaurant and wasted a tremendous amount of Rippy Patties), giving him a headache, as the episode ends.

Running Gags

 * Toadward insulting the Employee of the Month award then getting drenched with Rippy Patty puree from a fan.
 * YoshBob and Toadward setting traps to prevent one of them from going to the Rippy Reptile Restaurant.
 * YoshBob and Toadward desperately trying to win the Employee of the Month award.

Trivia

 * There is a PC game that has the same name as this episode.
 * YoshBob imagines a drill sergeant version of himself in one of his Employee of the Month pictures, who demands him to work as hard as possible so that Toadward does not win. This one appears in the March picture, a reference to an army march.
 * YoshBob says he won Employee of the Month 26 times in a row, meaning this episode falls at least two years and two months after "Help Wanted," when he was hired.
 * However, it is revealed in The YoshBob SquareShi Movie that he has won 374 consecutive Employee of the Month awards, which is about 31 years.
 * This, "Help Wanted," "Pickles," "One Koopa's Trash," and "Best Day Ever" are the only five episodes to have SpongeBob's bed placed on the right side of his room and not the left.
 * It is never revealed who got the Employee of the Month award.
 * This was the first episode to have three storyboard artists.
 * This is the first episode where the Rippy Reptile Restaurant explodes.
 * This is the second time Toadward cooks for the Rippy Reptile Restaurant. The first time was in "Pickles."
 * Unlike in "Pickles," Toadward cooks Krabby Patties as good as YoshBob does.