 then runs to tell Mr. Krabs with SpongeBob trying to stop him . However , when Mr. Krabs accidentally injures his toe , he utters all the 13 bad words . The two cannot believe it and run to Mama Krabs to tell on him . Mama Krabs , who is appalled by their use of the words , makes the three paint her house as punishment .   The episode received positive reviews , while various members of the SpongeBob SquarePants crew consider the episode to be one of their favorites , mainly due to the satirical nature of the episode . However , the episode was not immune to negative reception , and was criticized by watchdog media group the Parents Television Council and fans , who interpreted the episode as an example of promoting and implicitly satirizing use of profanity towards children .   = = Plot summary = =   When SpongeBob goes around to the back of the Krusty Krab to take out the trash , he reads some words written on a dumpster . SpongeBob asks Patrick what is it and Patrick says that the word is a " sentence enhancer " which is used " when you want to talk fancy . " The next day , SpongeBob walks into the Krusty Krab and says the word to Patrick and then over the intercom . The Krusty Krab customers are appalled by SpongeBob 's use of his " word " and leave . Squidward then informs Mr. Krabs , who then decides to tell them that they were using profanity , and mentions that there are 13 swear words they should not use . SpongeBob and Patrick vow Mr. Krabs that they will never use swear words again .   Later , they play their favorite game , Eels and Escalators . Patrick always gets escalators but SpongeBob always gets eels . Eventually , he loses the game and accidentally utters the swear word . Patrick then races to the Krusty Krab to tell Mr. Krabs with SpongeBob trying to stop him . SpongeBob bursts through the front door and tells Mr. Krabs that Patrick said the swear word , Patrick then joins along . Eventually , Mr. Krabs stops their gibberish explanations , and takes SpongeBob and Patrick outside and makes them paint the Krusty Krab as punishment .   Mr. Krabs is about to give SpongeBob and Patrick the job , but he hits his foot on a rock , throws the paint away and says all 13 swear words while complaining about his foot being injured . When SpongeBob and Patrick hear all the swear words , they run to Mama Krabs ' house to tell her that Mr. Krabs swears . When they all reach her house , they repeat the same swear words that Mr. Krabs used . This makes her faint , but shortly after Mr. Krabs scolds SpongeBob and Patrick for saying all those bad words in front of her she regains consciousness . Mama Krabs states that all three of them should be ashamed for saying all those words . She then gives all three of them the task of painting her house with a fresh coat of paint as punishment for saying those words at her .   = = Production = =   " Sailor Mouth " was directed by Andrew Overtoom , and was written by Walt Dohrn , Paul Tibbitt , and Merriwether Williams . Dohrn and Tibbitt also served as storyboard directors , and Carson Kugler , William Reiss and Erik Wiese worked as storyboard artists . Series creator Stephen Hillenburg has described the episode plot as " a classic thing all kids go through . " Much of the storyline for the episode was inspired by the writers ' own experiences from childhood . The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 21 , 2001 . The episode marks the introduction of Mr. Krabs ' mother , Mama Krabs , who was voiced by former SpongeBob SquarePants creative producer and current executive producer Paul Tibbitt .   The writing staff used their individual childhood experiences as inspirations to come up with much of the story lines for this episode . The idea for " Sailor Mouth " was inspired by creative director Derek Drymon 's experience " [ when ] I got in trouble for saying the f @-@ word in front of my mother . " Drymon said , " The scene where Patrick is running to Mr. Krabs to tattle , with SpongeBob chasing him , is pretty much how it happened in real life . " The end of the episode , where Mr. Krabs uses more profanity than SpongeBob and Patrick , was also inspired " by the fact that my [ Drymon 's ] mother has a sailor mouth herself . "   The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick playing a game of Eels and Escalators , which is a parody of Snakes and Ladders , was difficult for the crew to animate , since many shots featured certain board pieces changing location . According to the series ' season 2 DVD commentary , it was planned to have a scene that had Sponge
Ġthen Ġruns Ġto Ġtell ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġwith ĠSponge Bob Ġtrying Ġto Ġstop Ġhim Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġwhen ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġaccidentally Ġinj ures Ġhis Ġtoe Ġ, Ġhe Ġut ters Ġall Ġthe Ġ13 Ġbad Ġwords Ġ. ĠThe Ġtwo Ġcannot Ġbelieve Ġit Ġand Ġrun Ġto ĠMama ĠKr abs Ġto Ġtell Ġon Ġhim Ġ. ĠMama ĠKr abs Ġ, Ġwho Ġis Ġappalled Ġby Ġtheir Ġuse Ġof Ġthe Ġwords Ġ, Ġmakes Ġthe Ġthree Ġpaint Ġher Ġhouse Ġas Ġpunishment Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġepisode Ġreceived Ġpositive Ġreviews Ġ, Ġwhile Ġvarious Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe ĠSponge Bob ĠSquare P ants Ġcrew Ġconsider Ġthe Ġepisode Ġto Ġbe Ġone Ġof Ġtheir Ġfavorites Ġ, Ġmainly Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġsatirical Ġnature Ġof Ġthe Ġepisode Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġepisode Ġwas Ġnot Ġimmune Ġto Ġnegative Ġreception Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġcriticized Ġby Ġwatchdog Ġmedia Ġgroup Ġthe ĠParents ĠTelevision ĠCouncil Ġand Ġfans Ġ, Ġwho Ġinterpreted Ġthe Ġepisode Ġas Ġan Ġexample Ġof Ġpromoting Ġand Ġimplicitly Ġsatir izing Ġuse Ġof Ġprof anity Ġtowards Ġchildren Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠPlot Ġsummary Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠWhen ĠSponge Bob Ġgoes Ġaround Ġto Ġthe Ġback Ġof Ġthe ĠK rust y ĠKr ab Ġto Ġtake Ġout Ġthe Ġtrash Ġ, Ġhe Ġreads Ġsome Ġwords Ġwritten Ġon Ġa Ġdump ster Ġ. ĠSponge Bob Ġasks ĠPatrick Ġwhat Ġis Ġit Ġand ĠPatrick Ġsays Ġthat Ġthe Ġword Ġis Ġa Ġ" Ġsentence Ġenh ancer Ġ" Ġwhich Ġis Ġused Ġ" Ġwhen Ġyou Ġwant Ġto Ġtalk Ġfancy Ġ. Ġ" ĠThe Ġnext Ġday Ġ, ĠSponge Bob Ġwalks Ġinto Ġthe ĠK rust y ĠKr ab Ġand Ġsays Ġthe Ġword Ġto ĠPatrick Ġand Ġthen Ġover Ġthe Ġinter com Ġ. ĠThe ĠK rust y ĠKr ab Ġcustomers Ġare Ġappalled Ġby ĠSponge Bob Ġ' s Ġuse Ġof Ġhis Ġ" Ġword Ġ" Ġand Ġleave Ġ. ĠSquid ward Ġthen Ġinforms ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġ, Ġwho Ġthen Ġdecides Ġto Ġtell Ġthem Ġthat Ġthey Ġwere Ġusing Ġprof anity Ġ, Ġand Ġmentions Ġthat Ġthere Ġare Ġ13 Ġswear Ġwords Ġthey Ġshould Ġnot Ġuse Ġ. ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġvow ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġthat Ġthey Ġwill Ġnever Ġuse Ġswear Ġwords Ġagain Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠLater Ġ, Ġthey Ġplay Ġtheir Ġfavorite Ġgame Ġ, ĠE els Ġand ĠEsc al ators Ġ. ĠPatrick Ġalways Ġgets Ġescal ators Ġbut ĠSponge Bob Ġalways Ġgets Ġe els Ġ. ĠEventually Ġ, Ġhe Ġloses Ġthe Ġgame Ġand Ġaccidentally Ġut ters Ġthe Ġswear Ġword Ġ. ĠPatrick Ġthen Ġraces Ġto Ġthe ĠK rust y ĠKr ab Ġto Ġtell ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġwith ĠSponge Bob Ġtrying Ġto Ġstop Ġhim Ġ. ĠSponge Bob Ġbursts Ġthrough Ġthe Ġfront Ġdoor Ġand Ġtells ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġthat ĠPatrick Ġsaid Ġthe Ġswear Ġword Ġ, ĠPatrick Ġthen Ġjoins Ġalong Ġ. ĠEventually Ġ, ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġstops Ġtheir Ġgib ber ish Ġexplanations Ġ, Ġand Ġtakes ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġoutside Ġand Ġmakes Ġthem Ġpaint Ġthe ĠK rust y ĠKr ab Ġas Ġpunishment Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġis Ġabout Ġto Ġgive ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġthe Ġjob Ġ, Ġbut Ġhe Ġhits Ġhis Ġfoot Ġon Ġa Ġrock Ġ, Ġthrows Ġthe Ġpaint Ġaway Ġand Ġsays Ġall Ġ13 Ġswear Ġwords Ġwhile Ġcomplaining Ġabout Ġhis Ġfoot Ġbeing Ġinjured Ġ. ĠWhen ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġhear Ġall Ġthe Ġswear Ġwords Ġ, Ġthey Ġrun Ġto ĠMama ĠKr abs Ġ' Ġhouse Ġto Ġtell Ġher Ġthat ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġsw ears Ġ. ĠWhen Ġthey Ġall Ġreach Ġher Ġhouse Ġ, Ġthey Ġrepeat Ġthe Ġsame Ġswear Ġwords Ġthat ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġused Ġ. ĠThis Ġmakes Ġher Ġfaint Ġ, Ġbut Ġshortly Ġafter ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġsc olds ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġfor Ġsaying Ġall Ġthose Ġbad Ġwords Ġin Ġfront Ġof Ġher Ġshe Ġreg ains Ġconsciousness Ġ. ĠMama ĠKr abs Ġstates Ġthat Ġall Ġthree Ġof Ġthem Ġshould Ġbe Ġashamed Ġfor Ġsaying Ġall Ġthose Ġwords Ġ. ĠShe Ġthen Ġgives Ġall Ġthree Ġof Ġthem Ġthe Ġtask Ġof Ġpainting Ġher Ġhouse Ġwith Ġa Ġfresh Ġcoat Ġof Ġpaint Ġas Ġpunishment Ġfor Ġsaying Ġthose Ġwords Ġat Ġher Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠProduction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠSailor ĠMouth Ġ" Ġwas Ġdirected Ġby ĠAndrew ĠOver to om Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġwritten Ġby ĠWalt ĠD oh rn Ġ, ĠPaul ĠTib b itt Ġ, Ġand ĠMer ri w ether ĠWilliams Ġ. ĠD oh rn Ġand ĠTib b itt Ġalso Ġserved Ġas Ġstory board Ġdirectors Ġ, Ġand ĠCarson ĠK ug ler Ġ, ĠWilliam ĠRe iss Ġand ĠErik ĠW ies e Ġworked Ġas Ġstory board Ġartists Ġ. ĠSeries Ġcreator ĠStephen ĠHill enburg Ġhas Ġdescribed Ġthe Ġepisode Ġplot Ġas Ġ" Ġa Ġclassic Ġthing Ġall Ġkids Ġgo Ġthrough Ġ. Ġ" ĠMuch Ġof Ġthe Ġstoryline Ġfor Ġthe Ġepisode Ġwas Ġinspired Ġby Ġthe Ġwriters Ġ' Ġown Ġexperiences Ġfrom Ġchildhood Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġoriginally Ġaired Ġon ĠNickel ode on Ġin Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ21 Ġ, Ġ2001 Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġmarks Ġthe Ġintroduction Ġof ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġ' Ġmother Ġ, ĠMama ĠKr abs Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġvoiced Ġby Ġformer ĠSponge Bob ĠSquare P ants Ġcreative Ġproducer Ġand Ġcurrent Ġexecutive Ġproducer ĠPaul ĠTib b itt Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġwriting Ġstaff Ġused Ġtheir Ġindividual Ġchildhood Ġexperiences Ġas Ġinspir ations Ġto Ġcome Ġup Ġwith Ġmuch Ġof Ġthe Ġstory Ġlines Ġfor Ġthis Ġepisode Ġ. ĠThe Ġidea Ġfor Ġ" ĠSailor ĠMouth Ġ" Ġwas Ġinspired Ġby Ġcreative Ġdirector ĠDerek ĠDry mon Ġ' s Ġexperience Ġ" Ġ[ Ġwhen Ġ] ĠI Ġgot Ġin Ġtrouble Ġfor Ġsaying Ġthe Ġf Ġ@ - @ Ġword Ġin Ġfront Ġof Ġmy Ġmother Ġ. Ġ" ĠDry mon Ġsaid Ġ, Ġ" ĠThe Ġscene Ġwhere ĠPatrick Ġis Ġrunning Ġto ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġto Ġt attle Ġ, Ġwith ĠSponge Bob Ġchasing Ġhim Ġ, Ġis Ġpretty Ġmuch Ġhow Ġit Ġhappened Ġin Ġreal Ġlife Ġ. Ġ" ĠThe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġepisode Ġ, Ġwhere ĠMr . ĠKr abs Ġuses Ġmore Ġprof anity Ġthan ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġ, Ġwas Ġalso Ġinspired Ġ" Ġby Ġthe Ġfact Ġthat Ġmy Ġ[ ĠDry mon Ġ' s Ġ] Ġmother Ġhas Ġa Ġsailor Ġmouth Ġherself Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġscene Ġwhere ĠSponge Bob Ġand ĠPatrick Ġplaying Ġa Ġgame Ġof ĠE els Ġand ĠEsc al ators Ġ, Ġwhich Ġis Ġa Ġparody Ġof ĠSn akes Ġand ĠL adders Ġ, Ġwas Ġdifficult Ġfor Ġthe Ġcrew Ġto Ġanimate Ġ, Ġsince Ġmany Ġshots Ġfeatured Ġcertain Ġboard Ġpieces Ġchanging Ġlocation Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto Ġthe Ġseries Ġ' Ġseason Ġ2 ĠDVD Ġcommentary Ġ, Ġit Ġwas Ġplanned Ġto Ġhave Ġa Ġscene Ġthat Ġhad ĠSponge