Plankton!

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SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Plankton!"
Season №:	1
Episode №:	3b
Production №:	003
Airdate:	July 31, 1999
Credits
Writer(s):	Ennio Torresan Erik Wiese Mr. Lawrence
Storyboard Artist(s):	Erik Wiese
Directors
Storyboard:	Ennio Torresan
Animation:	Edgar Larrazabal
Creative:	Derek Drymon
Episode List Select show to expand.
Premiere Order Season 1 May 1, 1999 – April 8, 2000 1. Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome 2. Bubblestand / Ripped Pants 3. Jellyfishing / Plankton! 4. Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School 5. Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple 6. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / Pickles 7. Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam 8. Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots 9. Nature Pants / Opposite Day 10. Culture Shock / F.U.N. 11. MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost 12. The Chaperone / Employee of the Month 13. Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary 14. SB-129 / Karate Choppers 15. Sleepy Time / Suds 16. Valentine's Day / The Paper 17. Arrgh! / Rock Bottom 18. Texas / Walking Small 19. Fools in April / Neptune's Spatula 20. Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II Season 2 October 26, 2000 – November 30, 2001 21. Something Smells / Bossy Boots 22. Your Shoe's Untied / Squid's Day Off 23. Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy 24. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III / Squirrel Jokes 25. Christmas Who? 26. Dying for Pie / Imitation Krabs 27. Wormy / Patty Hype 28. Survival of the Idiots / Dumped 29. Grandma's Kisses / Squidville 30. No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic 31. Shanghaied / Gary Takes a Bath 32. Pressure / The Smoking Peanut 33. Pre-Hibernation Week / Life of Crime 34. The Secret Box / Band Geeks 35. Sailor Mouth / Artist Unknown 36. Jellyfish Hunter / The Fry Cook Games 37. The Bully / Just One Bite 38. Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm / Squid on Strike 39. Procrastination / I'm with Stupid Season 3 January 21, 2002 – October 11, 2004 40. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time 41. Welcome to the Chum Bucket / Frankendoodle 42. Snowball Effect / One Krabs Trash 43. Nasty Patty / Idiot Box 44. As Seen on TV / Can You Spare a Dime? 45. No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns 46. The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard on Duty 47. Krab Borg / Rock-a-Bye Bivalve 48. Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video 49. Party Pooper Pants 50. Chocolate With Nuts / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V 51. Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse 52. Graveyard Shift / Krusty Love 53. New Student Starfish / Clams 54. The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean 55. The Sponge Who Could Fly 56. Born Again Krabs / I Had an Accident 57. Plankton's Army / Missing Identity 58. SpongeBob B.C. 59. Krabby Land / The Camping Episode 60. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot Season 4 May 6, 2005 – 2007 61. Fear of a Krabby Patty / Shell of a Man 62. The Lost Mattress / Krabs vs. Plankton 63. Skill Crane / Good Neighbors 64. Selling Out / Funny Pants 65. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture / Enemy In-Law 66. Patrick SmartPants / SquidBob TentaclePants 67. Have You Seen This Snail? 68. Dunces and Dragons 69. Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired 70. Chimps Ahoy / Ghost Host 71. Whale of a Birthday / Karate Island 72. All That Glitters / Wishing You Well 73. New Leaf / Once Bitten 74A. Squidtastic Voyage 75A. Bummer Vacation 76A. Best Day Ever 75B. Wigstruck 74B. That's No Lady 77. The Thing / Hocus Pocus 78. Driven to Tears / Rule of Dumb 79A. The Pink Purloinier 76B. The Gift of Gum 80. Rise and Shine / Waiting / Sing a Song of Patrick 79B. Squid Wood 81. Best Frenemies / Born to be Wild Season 5 2007 – TBA 82. Friend or Foe? 83. Night Light / The Original Fry Cook 84. Fungus Among Us / Spy Buddies Season 6 TBA – TBA Other 2001 – Present 1. Patrick the Snowman 2. Plankton's Holiday Hits 3. 12 Days of Nickmas 4. How You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What 5. Nickelodeon Holiday Party 6. A Chuckie Finster Christmas 6. The Endless Summer 7. Nicktoons Battle
Production Order Season 1 1. Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome 2. Bubblestand / Ripped Pants 3. Jellyfishing / Plankton! 4. Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School 5. Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple 6. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy / Pickles 7. Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam 8. Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots 9. Nature Pants / Opposite Day 10. Culture Shock / F.U.N. 11. MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost 12. The Chaperone / Employee of the Month 13. Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary 14. SB-129 / Karate Choppers 15. Sleepy Time / Suds 16. Valentine's Day / The Paper 17. Arrgh! / Rock Bottom 18. Texas / Walking Small 19. Fools in April / Neptune's Spatula 20. Hooky / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II Season 2 21. Your Shoe's Untied / Squid's Day Off 22. Something Smells / Bossy Boots 23. Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy 24. Dying for Pie / Imitation Krabs 25. Wormy / Patty Hype 26. Grandma's Kisses / Squidville 27. Pre-Hibernation Week / Life of Crime 28. Christmas Who? 29. Survival of the Idiots / Dumped 30. No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic 31. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III / Squirrel Jokes 32. Pressure / The Smoking Peanut 33. Shanghaied / Gary Takes a Bath 34. Welcome to the Chum Bucket / Frankendoodle 35. The Secret Box / Band Geeks 36. Graveyard Shift / Krusty Love 37. Procratination / I'm with Stupid 38. Sailor Mouth / Artist Unknown 39. Jellyfish Hunter / The Fry Cook Games 40. Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm / Squid on Strike Season 3 41. The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard on Duty 42. Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse 43. The Bully / Just One Bite 44. Nasty Patty / Idiot Box 45. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time 46. Snowball Effect / One Krabs Trash 47. As Seen on TV / Can You Spare a Dime? 48. No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns 49. Krab Borg / Rock-a-Bye Bivalve 50. Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video 51. Party Pooper Pants 52. Chocolate With Nuts / Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V 53. New Student Starfish / Clams 54. SpongeBob B.C. 55. The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean 56. Born Again Krabs / I Had an Accident 57. Krabby Land / The Camping Episode 58. Plankton's Army / Missing Identity 59. The Sponge Who Could Fly 60. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot Season 4 61. Fear of a Krabby Patty / Shell of a Man 62. The Lost Mattress / Krabs vs. Plankton 63. Have You Seen This Snail? 64. Skill Crane / Good Neighbors 65. Selling Out / Funny Pants 66. Dunces and Dragons 67. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture / Enemy In-Law 68. Patrick SmartPants / SquidBob TentaclePants 69. Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired 70. Ghost Host / Wishing You Well 71. Chimps Ahoy / Whale of a Birthday 72. Karate Island / All That Glitters 73. New Leaf / Once Bitten 74. Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck 75. Squidtastic Voyage / That's No Lady 76. Hocus Pocus / The Thing 77. Driven to Tears / Rule of Dumb 78. Born to Be Wild / Best Frenemies 79. The Pink Purloinier / Squid Wood 80. Best Day Ever / The Gift of Gum Season 5 81. Friend or Foe? 82. Night Light / The Original Fry Cook 83. Rise and Shine / Waiting / Sing a Song of Patrick 84. Fungus Among Us / Spy Buddies Season 6 TBA

"Plankton!" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one.

Brief summary: Mr.Krabs' business rival Plankton devises yet another scheme to get the Krabby Patty secret formula...by making SpongeBob take it for him.

Time/Date: Unknown

Time Cards Shown: None

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Mr. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton (Debut)
• Karen (debut)
• Patrick Star
• Gary the Snail

DVD: Lost at Sea

[edit] Plot

At the Krusty Krab, Squidward gives SpongeBob an order for a Krabby Patty. Spongebob begins making a show of cooking the patty, using his body to mix the ingredients together.^[1][2] After making the patty, it mysteriously "walks" out of the Krusty Krab. However, Mr. Krabs stops it, and pulls Plankton out of the patty. Mr. Krabs, unfazed by Plankton's attempt to steal the patty, puts him onto a plate, and throws it back to the Chum Bucket. SpongeBob has never heard of Plankton ^[3][4] before, and Mr. Krabs explains to him that Plankton has been trying to steal the Krabby Patty formula for years, only to fail every time. That night, after the Krusty Krab closes, Plankton tries to befriend SpongeBob. He first claims that he and SpongeBob are friends, then gives the porous fry cook a golden spatula, telling him it's his birthday, hoping that all of these things will make SpongeBob more open to his request for a Krabby Patty and after he asks him for a patty, SpongeBob gasps, finally on to Plankton's game. He begins running away from Plankton, screaming "You'll never get a Krabby Patty from me! Even if we are friends! Never! Never!" But Plankton thinks otherwise, claiming that the "weak-minded fool" will hand deliver him a Krabby Patty personally. Later that night, after SpongeBob goes to bed, Plankton appears. He goes into SpongeBob's head, and navigates his way to SpongeBob's brain. He puts down a mysterious device that he's been carrying on his back, claiming that this "will be the end." SpongeBob then begins rolling around, his brain moving with him while crushing Plankton. After SpongeBob and the brain settle, Plankton tapes the brain to the floor of SpongeBob's head. He reveals a blueprint which contains his "highly elaborate and college educated plan." The blueprint has an illustration of the device Plankton's carrying (labeled "Control"), with an arrow pointing to SpongeBob's brain, (labeled "Brain") Plankton puts the device into SpongeBob's brain and hits a large red button on the device labeled "Total Control." SpongeBob wakes up. Plankton then forces SpongeBob to get out of bed, and laughs fiendishly as he controls him. ^[5] He forces SpongeBob to leave his pineapple home, forcing him to crash through the walls of the pineapple as he goes. SpongeBob tells his pet snail Gary that he'll see him later. Gary meows, and SpongeBob then realizes that something is wrong with him. He begins pleading his next door neighbor Squidward for help.^[6] Squidward ignores SpongeBob...until Plankton forces his victim to crash through the wall of Squidward's home screaming for help. Squidward begins yelling at SpongeBob, demanding an explanation. SpongeBob however, has gone noticeably silent. As SpongeBob begins going through the opposite side of Squidward's home, Squidward yells "Are you mad!?" Suddenly, SpongeBob turns 180 degrees at the waist with a scowl on his face^[7], and tells the "mediocre clarinet player" to shut his mouth in Plankton's voice. Inside SpongeBob's head, Plankton is using a microphone inside the poor sponge's head to speak through him and this causes his face to contort into a scowl. SpongeBob, realizing that something is wrong with his brain turns his eyeballs inside-out in order to see inside his head, and sees Plankton on top a device connected to his brain. SpongeBob yells "Get out of my head! Leave my brain alone!" "Never! Never!" Plankton replies, and forces SpongeBob to continue marching, laughing maniacally as Squidward faints. Plankton then forces SpongeBob to walk through the house of his best friend, Patrick. As he marches through, Patrick ends up on top of his head, and Plankton forces SpongeBob to throw him off. He then forces SpongeBob to crash through the Krusty Krab, and steal a Krabby Patty. SpongeBob, finally realizes his plan and begins screaming "No! NOOO!" as Plankton forces him to take it to the Chum Bucket. He marches SpongeBob through the Chum Bucket and stops him in his laboratory. Plankton forces SpongeBob to go to a machine at the lab's center. He tells SpongeBob that this is "The Analyzer," a machine that can describe the ingredients of anything put in it. He demonstrates by dropping a piece of seaweed into it. It crackles a bit, then says "Seaweed. 50% Sea, 50% weed". After demonstrating, he slowly forces SpongeBob to drop the patty. Before making SpongeBob drop the patty, Plankton asks him if he has any last words. SpongeBob vainly struggles against Plankton's control, then apologizes to the Krabby Patty, and begins describing its delicious features. Plankton, enticed by SpongeBob's description, jumps out of his head and attempts to take the Krabby Patty himself, but bounces off the patty and falls into the analyzer (which reveals him to be "1% evil, 99% hot gas"). Plankton is stuck in the machine and can't get out. SpongeBob, having saved the Krabby Patty (and thus the secret formula), says "Well patty, I guess we can go home now". Plankton begins screaming at SpongeBob as he leaves the lab, and the episode closes out with Plankton saying in a very humble, yet pathetic tone "I'll settle for some fries!"

[edit] Notes

1. ^ After SpongeBob throws the patty up and it falls into his head he says "Le ingrediante" which are ingredients, he throws them up. Among those, you can see another patty among the ingredients, but he already had one.
2. ^ The original captions for when Squidward says, "Le quit fooling around!" read "Will you quit fooling around!".
3. ^ Plankton's size changes throughout the episode. When he is first seen, a magnifying glass is required to see him clearly. When he encounters SpongeBob, he's about the size of SpongeBob's thumb. When he sneaks into SpongeBob's brain, he's about the size of a walnut. Then, when he jumps toward the Krabby Patty, he's the size of SpongeBob's finger again.
4. ^ Plankton is a paler green in this episode; in other appearances, his green color is darker.
5. ^ When SpongeBob walks into his pants when Plankton is controlling him, the tie turns black. It then goes back to red.
6. ^ Squidward's bedroom is on the first floor of his house, instead of on the second floor.
7. ^ There are similarities in the scene where SpongeBob breaks through Squidward's house like from The Exorcist and The Shining. When SpongeBob is possessed by Plankton, his head does a 180 degree turn and his voice changes just before he verbally insults Squidward. This is similar to The Exorcist. After SpongeBob's head does a 180 degree turn, Plankton speaks through him. That's similar to The Shining because both SpongeBob and Danny have both Plankton and Tony, who's actually imaginary, in their faces.

Preceded by "Jellyfishing"

SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

Followed by "Naughty Nautical Neighbors"