Skill Crane

"Skill Crane" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. Template:Spoiler Brief Summary: Mr. Krabs buys a Skill Crane to increase sales at the Krusty Krab. However, Squidward becomes addicted to it, and keeps on losing the game.

Time/Date:

• Monday
  • 3:00 PM: The salesmen shows up at the door.
• Tuesday

Time cards shown:

• Six hours later

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Mr. Krabs
• Skill Crane Salesmen
• Krusty Krab Customers
  • Tom
• The Machine
• Construction Crew

DVD: Where's Gary?

Plot

Mr. Krabs decides to order a toy crane to make money. Squidward continually fails at the crane and convinces himself it's rigged. Then SpongeBob comes up and pulls out a bear. Squidward keeps trying and keeps failing. SpongeBob keeps on winning and winning. SpongeBob gets two with one quarter and says it's not fair so he puts one of them back in. He won another tiny bear and a clown. He put the clown back in. SpongeBob uses the crane to get it back in, and when it's unhappy, puts the clown next to a stuffed lion. SpongeBob soon gets a collection of stuffed animals, while Squidward spends all but his last quarter on the machine. Mr. Krabs empties the moneybox and finds the deed to Squidward's house. SpongeBob advises Squidward to close his eyes and "be the crane". Squidward gets a hairless tiny stuffed bear. He becomes overjoyed and overbearing. He decides to try out the principals on an actual crane at a construction site, and ends up sending SpongeBob and some construction workers down a hill and destroys the Krusty Krab. The construction workers surround Squidward and SpongeBob tries to pull Squidward out with the crane. He gets the stuffed animal instead.

Trivia/Goofs

• The names of the stuffed animals that SpongeBob won: Beary, Mrs. Wiggles, and SpongeBear Jr.
• Other stuffed animals, not won: Clown Frown and Lovely Lion.
• When Squidward thinks that he hears the crane machine squeaking out his name, the scene becomes similar to a scene from a Twilight Zone episode titled The Fever, in which an old man finally learns of gambling as he experiences it himself whilst falling into the sharp addiction, along with a slot machine that seems to call him and appears to follow him everywhere he goes.
• Just before Squidward finally wins a stuffed animal in the machine, he puts two quarters in the machine. This happens once after SpongeBob demonstrates 'being the crane' and winning an animal, and once after saying 'but this is my last quarter.'
• When Squidward said he "loosened" the stuffed animal for SpongeBob, it was actually a pink one he almost pulled, not a blue one.when spongebob wins once sqedward says bigners luck whit daffey said on baby looney tunes