Help Wanted

Help Wanted" is a Yoshbob Squareshi episode from Season 1. In this episode, Yoshbob gets a job at the Rippy Reptile Restaurant.

Characters

 * Narrator (debut)
 * Goombas (debut)
 * YoshBob (debut)
 * Kelly (debut)
 * Toadrick (debut)
 * Toadward (debut)
 * Mr. Reps (debut)
 * Sub Bus driver (debut) (voice heard)
 * Koopas (debut)
 * Betty Reps (mentioned)

Summary
The series premiere starts under the sea, as an American Narrator introduces Swimsuit Top and Yoshbob Squareshi.

The scene then shifts to Yoshbob Squareshi getting ready for the day; it is the day that he is to apply for a job at the Rippy Reptile Restaurant. Before going to the restaurant, he lifts a weight with stuffed animals on the sides to warm himself up for the application. Yoshbob starts jogging to the Rippy Reptile Restaurant while Toadrick encourages him from his rock.

Yoshbob starts talking about what he is going to do when he reaches the Rippy Reptile Restaurant, but in the end, he decides he is not ready. However, Toadrick stops him, encouraging him that he was born to have the job. Yoshbob eventually decides to go to the Rippy Reptile Restaurant to get the job. Toadward Tentacles sees Yoshbob running to the restaurant, making him panic and tell Mr. Reps to watch out for Yoshbob.

Yoshbob has already arrived though and tries to get Mr. Reps to give him the job. He tells Mr. Reps that Toadward will vouch for him, but Toadward tells Mr. Reps that he does not believe Yoshbob should get the job. Mr. Reps tells Yoshbob that if he gets a hydro-dynamic spatula, he will get the job. Yoshbob quickly runs to the Acme Mushroom-Mart to get it, as Toadward and Mr. Reps laugh.

A couple of buses filled with Koopas arrive at the restaurant, making Toadward and Mr. Reps panic as the latter knows what happens when Koopas come. As the Koopas flood the restaurant, Toadward tries to get them settled, but that only angers them more. It seems as though the two are finished due to the flood of Koopas, but Yoshbob comes right on time with his hydrodynamic spatula. Yoshbob goes into the kitchen and cooks many Rippy Patties, and tosses them to all the hungry Koopas until they are all satisfied and leave the restaurant.

Much to the dismay of Toadward, Mr. Reps decides to hire YoshBob as a fry cook, seeing as YoshBob brought him in lots of cash.

To end the episode, Toadrick orders, causing YoshBob to cook many Rippy Patties and toss them all at him, flinging him out of the restaurant and ending the episode.

Trivia

 * This episode was produced as a stand-alone pilot on "Nintendo TV's What a NintenToon" before a full season was ordered. Because of this, it originally had no production code. It was later re-cut for broadcast and given the title "Help Wanted." The re-cut was produced along with the theme song sequence in the middle of season one.
 * Together, the re-cut and the theme sequence make up production code "#127."
 * This is the only episode to use entirely production music from labels, excluding the theme song in both versions. Reef Blower would be the first to include original background music for the series.
 * This episode is referenced in "Bottle Burglars" when the bottom of Mr. Reps' desk says the airdate for this episode.
 * During Yoshbob's Grillin' and Villain Saturday, "Reef Blower" was replaced with "Yoshbob vs. the Patty Gadget."
 * This is the only season 1 episode not featured on The Complete First Season DVD and The First & Second Seasons DVD, due to copyright issues with the song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" by Tiny Tim, which is played during the episode. This is because Nintendo did not want to pay Tiny Tim's estate for the rights. However, on the German DVD release of Season 1, the episode is included.
 * This will be the first time an episode from a season is excluded from a season DVD set with the second being "Kwarantined Koopa".
 * In the Italian dub, "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" was mostly muted, most likely for copyright reasons.
 * This is the very first episode to be ended with a song.
 * This is the very first episode that Yoshbob gets a hero-like voice.
 * The beginning of the episode, in which Yoshbob says "Today's the big day, Kelly" can be seen on a TV in the 2002 comedy film Orange County.
 * A few clips, one with Toadrick saying "Who's Ready!?" & Yoshbob saying "I'm Ready", & one with Yoshbob making the Rippy Patties, can be seen in the intro.
 * The American Narrator is the first character to speak in the series, if not counting the theme song.
 * However, if not counting her either, then Yoshbob is technically the first.
 * This, "Pickles," "Employee of the Month," "One Koopa's Trash," and "Best Day Ever" are the only five episodes to have YoshBob's bed placed on the right side of his room and not the left.
 * It is revealed that YoshBob's first words were "May I take your order?"
 * However, in "Truth or Square", he said "Rippy Patty!" and "Yummy!" as an unborn fetus.
 * YoshBob states that he has been training his whole life to join the Rippy Reptile Crew. These aspirations are further manifested in the episode "Friend or Foe."
 * During the cooking scene, 2 ketchup dispensers have the Flag of Japan on them.
 * This is one of the seven episodes in which the original Nintendo logo is plastered with the new Nintendo logo. The others are "Squeaky Boots," "F.U.N.," "Toadward the Unfriendly Ghost," "Employee of the Month," "Karate Choppers," and "Rock Bottom."
 * There is an old YoshBob online game based on this episode called Koopa Feeding Frenzy.
 * The quote "Go, Yoshbob! Go, Yoshbob! Go, Yoshbob! Go, self!" would later appear in the online game Reef Rumble.
 * The episode premiered on Nintentoons.
 * YoshBob's Line saying I'm Ready is used in the song I'm Ready from a band.
 * There was a live script reading with the voice actors at Universal Studios Hollywood for this episode as part of Yoshbob Fan Shellabration.
 * This episode was finished in 1997 but did not air until May 1, 1999, because the cast wanted to change various things. Similar periods between production of pilot episodes and their premiere on television are somewhat regular.
 * This is also the only episode to be produced that year.
 * A clip from this episode was seen on the Numa Numa Yoshbob music video that was reuploaded after being deleted along with it’s sister episode Tea at the Treehouse.
 * The end credits for the old and new versions of "Help Wanted" have several differences, including:
 * In the cast credits in the old version, Toadrick's name is misspelled as "Toad-rick." This error was corrected in the new version.