"Help Not Wanted" is a Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode from season 1. In this episode, Patrick's dad unexpectedly visits Kamp Koral.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Sandy Cheeks
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Mrs. Puff
• Squidward Tentacles
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Cecil Star
• GrandPat Star
• Bunny Star
• Bubble Bass
• Perch Perkins
• Kevin C. Cucumber
• Harvey
• Kidferatu
• Mo
• Rea
• Roh
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 101
  • Incidental 102
  • Incidental 103
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 105
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 107
  • Incidental 108
  • Incidental 109
  • Elwood
  • Incidental 111
  • Incidental 112
  • Incidental 113
  • Incidental 114
  • Incidental 115
• Jellyfish

Synopsis

One morning, Patrick is writing a letter to his parents, asking for more underpants. Suddenly, Cecil falls out of the sky. He is happy to be back at Kamp Koral, having been there as a kid, and gives Patrick a large pair of underwear. Patrick shows him various sites around the camp, including the outhouse and a bunch of holes he dug.

Cecil follows the campers back to their cabin, keeping them up late at night with a board game. A frustrated Squidward pushes Cecil out, and he is still there when they wake up. He says that he had so much fun at camp that he wants to do it again.

Plankton serves disgusting chum to the campers, so Cecil makes his own chili for them instead. Plankton is initially frustrated at Cecil taking his job, but he realizes that he does not actually have to do the work himself. All the kids enjoy Cecil's chili, which causes them to burp loudly. Next, Mrs. Puff holds a sack race. Cecil participates, and all the kids begin farting in their sacks and floating off into the sky, letting Mrs. Puff sit back and relax.

Mr. Krabs calls out Mrs. Puff and Plankton for not doing their work. Mrs. Puff explains that Cecil is much preferred to Krabs. SpongeBob tells Krabs that the campers have officially voted Cecil as the new camp master. Krabs tries to blast Cecil with a cannon, but he eats the cannonball and runs off with the campers.

When the campers are about to go on a zipline, Mr. Krabs, Mrs. Puff, and Plankton dress up as kids to insult Cecil and complain about his activities. However, Cecil's zipline is incredibly exciting and fun, and the counselors love it. They tell Cecil that they do not want him to leave, but suddenly, Bunny and GrandPat show up in their van. They get Cecil to go back home, and he drives off. Krabs chases after him to get him to stay.

Production

This episode was in production during 2021.^[1][2]

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 7, 2022.^[4]

Storyboards

• Boarded by Mike Dougherty, supervising by Brandon Warren, plussed by Andrea Joan Cabral.^[1][2][5]

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Crown and Anchor - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Opening.]
 ‣ Knees Up Toast - Norman Dane [Cecil drops into Kamp Koral.]
 • More Hawaiian Steel Stings 9 - Jeremy Wakefield [Cecil lands on the ground.]
 ‣ Swinging Trombone - Boris Schoska ["You're a skydiver now?"]
 ‣ Suspense And Tension B - Alan Wynn [Kidferatu in toilet.]
 ‣ Hawaiian Lady - Stephane Huguenin, Yves Sanna, Christian Padovan ["This is a ditch I dug."]
 ‣ Pua Paoakalani B - Kapono Beamer, Queen Lili'uokalani [Cecil tells everyone good night.]
 ‣ Stool Pigeon - Kenny Graham ["Enough with the 'good nights!'"]
 ‣ Horror Cue 5 C - Gregor F. Narholz [Close-up of Squidward.]
 ‣ Piccolo Skip [#77.01] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Cecil gets shoved out of the cabin.]
 ‣ Ena - Tommy Reilly ["Alright, let's go, let's go."]
 ‣ Mirabelle - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Plankton serving chum.]
 • Steel Licks 74 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Oh boy."]
 ‣ Hawaiian Flower - Jon Jelmer ["Cook away, dummy."]
 ‣ Waikiki Beach - William Bell [West One Music] [Campers eating Cecil's chili.]
 ‣ Presenting Sport - Roger Barsotti ["Who's ready for sack races?"]
 ‣ Creepy Shadows - Wilfred Burns ["Absolutely not!"]
 ‣ Presenting Sport - Roger Barsotti [Sack race starts.]
 ‣ Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss Sr. [Campers floating in their sacks.]
 • ? - Ego Plum [Overlays "Blue Danube Waltz."]
 ‣ Evening Stroll - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Mrs. Puff and Plankton relaxing.]
 ‣ Guitar Gallop - Sam Spence [Cecil doing activities with the campers.]
 ‣ Roscoff - Ludovic Beier ["No way!"]
 ‣ Cocked Hat - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Campers declare Cecil the new camp master.]
 ‣ Battle March Link (1) - Keith Mansfield [Krabs' Navy cannon.]
 ‣ Fierce Fight - Gerhard Trede [Krabs aims his cannon at Cecil.]
 ‣ Roscoff - Ludovic Beier ["Hey! Get your filthy mouth off me cannon."]
 • More Hawaiian Steel Stings 26 - Jeremy Wakefield [Cecil breathes fire.]
 ‣ Drum Rolls (D) - Dick Walter ["Welp, back to having fun!"]
 ‣ Capstan Hornpipe - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Cecil and campers go back to having fun.]
 ‣ Death Clock D - Dick de Benedictis ["Well then, it's time for some new kids to speak."]
 • Slackline Funtime - Ego Plum [Krabs, Mrs. Puff, and Plankton pretending to be campers.]
 ‣ The Witch (A) - John Charles Fiddy ["A zipline? How boring."]
 ‣ Groovy Baby - Desmond Champ, Harold Geller [Cecil's zipline/Krabs, Mrs. Puff, and Plankton ride the zipline.]
 ‣ Kitsch Latin Cool - Malcolm Lockyer [Ending.]

Release

Format	Title	Region
DVD	Kamp Koral Season 1, Volume 2	United States

Trivia

General

• This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 on Nickelodeon in the United States at 5:00 PM,^[6] before being replaced with a rerun of the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "Skill Crane" and "Good Neighbors."^[7]
  • This episode was also originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, June 9, 2023 on Nicktoons in the United States at 6:30 PM,^[8] but got replaced with a rerun of The Loud House episode "Runaway McBride."
• This episode was paired with a rerun of "Gimme a News Break" during the Nickelodeon premiere.^[9]
• The title card is initially "Help Wanted," but soon afterwards the "NOT" is written in between the words.
• The Albanian airing of this episode aired the same day as “Help Wanted”, with the title being a reference to the episode.
• In the UK and Ireland, the scene where Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and Mrs. Puff fall off the rocket is edited on Nickelodeon airings to darken the screen due to fast motion.^[10]
• This is the first episode of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years in production order to feature:
  • A camper's father
  • having a storyboard supervisor
  • A The Patrick Star Show character
    • A reference to another spin-off
    • A Star family member other than Patrick in CGI
• This is the second episode to feature 2D animated scenes, with the first being "Kitchen Sponge."
  • 2D animation is later seen again in "The Switch Glitch," when GrandPat crosses paths with SpongeBob, Sandy, Plankton, and Karen (in Patrick's flesh) in a wild goose chase to get Patrick back in his own body, and when at the end of the episode when GrandPat asks if the dimension he was in is The Tidal Zone.
• This is the third Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode to have two title cards. The first was "Midnight Snack Attack," and the second was "Gimme a News Break."

Episode references

• This episode's title is a play on the phrase "help wanted," which is also the name of the pilot and first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. Additionally, Squidward says that he doesn't want to be late for breakfast, referencing the pilot of The Patrick Star Show.

Cultural references

• The scene of Cecil fitting apples in his mouth is a reference to a photograph of a sideshow performer named Three Ball Charlie.

Videos

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Hebrew	עזרה לא רצויה Ezra Lo Rezuyah	Unwanted Help
Russian	Вакансий нет Vakansiy net	No Vacancies
Spanish (Latin America)	No se busca ayudante	Help Not Wanted
Spanish (Spain)	No necistamos ayuda	Help Not Wanted

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Storyboards - ANDREA CABRAL
2. ^ ^{a b c} Kamp Koral **Storyboard Plussing, Season 1 Episode 14 "Help Not Wanted", 2021 - Andrea Joan Cabral | SpeakerDeck
3. ^ Nickelodeon UK - November 7, 2023
4. ^ KAMP KORAL: SPONGEBOBS KINDERJAHRE - EPISODE GUIDE | Cartoonlounge.de
5. ^ Andrea Joan Cabal on Twitter - "Some Kamp Koral episodes came..."
6. ^ June 2023 on Nickelodeon USA | Premiere Highlights - NickALive!
7. ^ Nickstory - June 6, 2023
8. ^ Nicktoons: TV Schedule & Listings - TV Insider
9. ^ Nickstory - July 11, 2023
10. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0UZncwGc_Y