Best Frenemies

Episode Information

"Best Frenemies" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from [[season {{{seasonnumber}}}]]. In this episode, .

Brief Summary: A new soft drink called Kelp Shakes causes Plankton and Mr. Krabs to worry about their restaurants. So they both work together to find out the secret of the soft drink by sneaking in the restaurants and even buying the Kelp Shakes.

Time/Date: Unknown

Characters Present:

• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Karen
• Squidward Tentacles
• Security Alarm
• Cashier
• Customer #1
• Wa2mat #1
• Guard Worm
• Pearl Krabs
• Girl Employee #2
• Girl Employee #3
• Customer #2
• Wa2mat #2
• Ian
• Sadie Rechid

Plot

The episode starts as a normal day at the Krusty Krab. Mr Krabs is doing paperwork and is confused as to why his profits are down. He goes out into the resterant to see Squidward making a sale, minus the price of a drink. Mr. Krabs sees everyone is drinking a thing in a bottle, including SpongeBob. He tells Mr. Krabs about the drink called the "Kelpshake". Mr. Krabs worry's that people aren't buying drinks with theyre food. He goes to see what Plankton has done this time. He doesn't know Plankton isn't behind this. Plankton tells Mr. Krabs he has no idea what is going on because he was relaxing in a beach chair. Then the two try to steal a Kelpshake and discover what it is made of. They go to a Kelpshake stand and try to get Plankton to find out, and all attempts failed. That night they both try to enter but an alarm wakes up a guard worm who attacks them. The next day Mr. Krabs reluctantly buys a Kelpshake and go to the Chum Bucket to analyze what is made of. Karen starts analyzing, but Plankton gets impatient and interrupts the progress of the analyzer. They find out that the drink is made of, simply, Kelp Juice. The two drink the shake and find it to be delicious, but they ignore Karen who says that there is another ingredient. SpongeBob also runs out of a restaurant covered in kelp. Then they go out and see that all Kelpshake restaurants are closed because their shakes contained a toxic ingredient. 2 Decontaminants revealed that it will take decades to get rid of the unhealthy toxic waste and they're sorry for whoever drank the stuff. Then Mr. Krabs and Plankton grow kelp all over their body. So Mr. Krabs gives Plankton a Krabby Patty and then chases him.

Trivia/Goofs

• Jill Talley's name at the end of the credits is spelled as Jill Taliey.
• There were three Kelpshakes next to the Krusty Krab, two on the left and one on the right, but when SpongeBob was talking to Mr. Krabs and Plankton, two of Kelp Shakes on the left were gone.
• Kelp Shakes have actually appeared in the series before, the Krusty Krab has had them on stock. They are presumably normal shakes but with the same name.
• This episode aired Thursday March 29, 2007 in Latin America.
• Kelp Shakes cause the drinker to become hairy and have light green kelp all over their body. Your clothes also disappear.
• Mr. Krabs actually gives Plankton a Krabby Patty, only for the purpose of a chase.
• This is the second appearance of a guard worm. The first was The Lost Mattress.
• This is the second appearance of the analyzer, the first was in Plankton!
• The title is a mixture of "Best Friends" and "Enemies"
• "Kelp shakes" parody coffee. They taste bitter at first, but then get really addictive. When Mr. Krabs and Plankton drink the kelp shake, they get addicted to it and must have more.
• The German Title: "Beste Fr-einde", in English, means "Best Friend Enemy" and in the Netherlands it calls:"Vriend en Vijand" translate as "Friend and Enemy".
• This is the third time Mr. Krabs has been seen in the Chum Bucket. The first was in Enemy In-Law, the second was in New Leaf. The fourth was Spy Buddies and the fifth was Plankton's Regular.
• This is the first time Mr. Krabs has interacted with Karen. He interacts with her again in Friend or Foe and MermaidMan vs. SpongeBob.
• The Kelp Shake buildings divide like bacteria and seem 'contagious'.
• The expression 'frenemies' is inspired by Elizabeth Everitt's term of her crush Bailey Valint and her acquaintance Shane Griffin. She is a friend of the creator's daughter.
• This is the second episode where Mr. Krabs and Plankton become friends. First time was New Leaf
• This episode was originally going to be called "Kelpshakes".
• The ending parodies the 1964 Japanese film Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People and the novel The Voice In The Night where Japanese sailors turn into mushroom-skin monsters after they eat an evil-spirit mushroom that is called Matango.
• When you see the kelpshakes, they appear empty, but when Plankton is trying to steal the cup from the man, it shows it being drunk.
• When you look closely in the ending, after "Where do you think you're going you little booger?", Plankton just disappears before the episode fades out.
• When Mr. Krabs walks over to Plankton, there is a Kelp Shake store in the place of the Chum Bucket, so the Kelp Shake managers might have disposed of it.
• In the part where Mr. Krabs sneezes, when you pause at the part where you can see the employee sign, it says "Employes Only". They forgot the third "e". Also the sign was purple, and when Plankton landed, the sign was yellow.
• This is the only episode where Krabs ignored the Krabby Patty Formula to hand from Plankton instead of securing it.
• On Nickelodeon UK when this episode aired on August, 15 2010, Mr. Krabs says: Hey, hahahahahaha! Instead of Hey, get back here you little booger, Hahahahahahahaha! to Plankton. Obviously an airing error.

File:Kelpshake.jpg

Kelpshake

APM Music Identification

• Dramatic Impact 2 - The Kelpshake store in Mr. Krabs's block
• Dramatic Cue D - Mr. Krabs screams