"Kitchen Sponge" is a Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years episode from season 1. In this episode, SpongeBob assists Plankton in creating tastier delicacies at the Krusty Kanteen, leading to the development of a very familiar sandwich.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Original[1] SpongeBob
- Patrick Star
- Original[1] Patrick
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Pearl Krabs
- Sandy Cheeks
- Original Sandy[1]
- Incidentals
- Mrs. Puff
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Dream Plankton
- Karen Plankton
- Kamp Koral campers
- Truck driver
- Incidental 36
- King Neptune (mentioned)
Synopsis[]
One morning, Sandy is working on a new invention in her dome. SpongeBob and Patrick invite her to get lunch, which she declines. At the kitchen, Plankton is overwhelmed by the amount of customers. Mr. Krabs arrives, and calls out Plankton for serving breakfast rather than dinner. Plankton suggests that he needs more help, so Krabs calls for a volunteer to help in the kitchen. Everyone except SpongeBob leaves. Unimpressed, Plankton accepts SpongeBob as his assistant.
SpongeBob offers a "patty" to Mr. Krabs.
SpongeBob's first assignment is to boil a pot of water, which he cannot do successfully. He fails with other tasks, such as cutting bread and kneading dough, and Plankton is ready to fire him. However, when Plankton tastes a souffle SpongeBob made, he is impressed. SpongeBob cooks all night, setting out a giant feast for the campers in the morning. Krabs enjoys the meals himself until Plankton shows him how expensive they are. He emphasizes that SpongeBob should be cooking cheap food, leading SpongeBob to offer him a simple hamburger. Liking the taste, Krabs removes all the food from the menu in favor of "patties", which SpongeBob enthusiastically cooks for everyone. Observing how much everyone likes the food, Plankton tries a patty himself, and realizes that he can use the flavor to make money and take over the world.
The next day, Plankton spies on SpongeBob cooking the patties and asks him what the ingredients are. SpongeBob responds that he does not remember, so he wrote it down, creating the original version of the Krabby Patty formula. Plankton steals it and rides off on Karen. SpongeBob chases him through camp. Plankton nearly makes it out until he crashes into Sandy's foot, sending him flying and unable to catch the formula again. Sandy shows SpongeBob the invention she was working on: an automatic campfire. Plankton jumps into it and accidentally burns the recipe.
Sandy communicates with her future self.
With the formula destroyed, SpongeBob realizes that he will not be able to make any more patties, but says that he will cherish the memories he made. Plankton almost gives up on taking over the world with patties, until SpongeBob suggests that he use a different food, such as chum. Sandy takes her campfire back and sneaks into her dome, using an invention to call her future self. She explains that her plan worked, and that since Plankton did not get the formula, it can be safely rediscovered later. Future Sandy reveals that she sent her past self to camp in the first place, and bids farewell. In a preserved timeline, Sandy assures herself that everything will continue as normal: until she sees SpongeBob and Patrick using their butts to serve food.
Production[]
Art[]
Props & FX design[]
- Designed by Joann Chang.[2]
Storyboards[]
Production notes[]
Dave Cunningham:
- Cunningham said that this was a "big episode for [the series]," being "absolutely brilliantly boarded by Brian Morante. But in the areas that he targeted, Simon Edwards took it to another cartoon level with his plussing poses."[3]
Simon Edwards:
- Edwards said that "Brian's boards gave [him] the gas [he had] just leaned on the pedals!"[5]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Easy Going - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Opening.]
• Clarinet Stuff - Nicolas Carr, Brad Carow [SpongeBob playing the clarinet]
• Snare Drum - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob playing the drums.]
• Pots and Pans - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob playing the drums.]
‣ Top Dog - Tommy Reilly & James Mood ["Oh, hey boys!"]
• Another That's It Moment - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick become flowers.]
‣ Cute and Clumsy - Remastered - Bruce Campbell [Campers getting lunch.]
‣ Mini Prelude (3) - Johnny Pearson [Krabs asks why the campers have not been fed yet.]
• Question Mark - Nicolas Carr ["..giant mouthbreathers!"]
‣ Funny Birds - Wolf Helling [Krabs asks if anyone wants to help Plankton make food.]
• Lucky Loofah - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob volunteers.]
‣ Royal Jester - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [SpongeBob tries to boil a pot of water.]
‣ Liberty Special - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Montage of SpongeBob failing to make food.]
‣ You're Finished - Nicolas Carr [Plankton has had it.]
‣ Pay Off - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [SpongeBob takes a souffle out of the oven.]
• Scout Badge Sting - Nicolas Carr [Plankton loves the souffle.]
‣ Follow Through - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Plankton tells SpongeBob to cook more.]
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr [The campers see the new menu.]
• record scratches SFX - Nicolas Carr
• Lopey Walk and Talk - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr
• Magic Rainbow Gliss 2 - Nicolas Carr ["Like this, Mr. Krabs?"]
• Scout Badge Sting - Nicolas Carr [Mr Krabs loves the souffle]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 7 - Jeremy Wakefield ["You made this campmaster a very happy crab, SpongeBob.."]
‣ Criss Cross - Tommy Reilly, James Moody [Patties are a success.]
• Phantom of the Haunted Houseboat - Nicolas Carr [Kidferatu "eats" a patty.]
• Thought Bubble - Nicolas Carr ["How good could these things really be anyway?"]
‣ International Force - Gerhard Trede [Plankton's daydream.]
• Comical Shots - Nicolas Carr
• More Hawaiian Steel Stings 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [He loves it.]
• Plankton's Evil Plans - Nicolas Carr [He plans to take over the world with the recipe.]
• Snooping Around - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr ["Oh hey there, SpongeBob."]
• Five Divas Singing - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob wrote the ingredients on a list.]
• Snooping Around - Daniel Stimac, Nicolas Carr [He gives Plankton the formula.]
‣ Mission To Space - Alan Wynn [Plankton steals it.]
• Attack of the Sea Cucumbers - Jason Dobrowner [SpongeBob chases Plankton and Karen.]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 30 - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton tries to grab the formula in the air.]
• Hawaiian Steel Stings 34 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob tiredly catches up to Plankton.]
• Behold - Nicolas Carr [Sandy shows SpongeBob her new invention.]
‣ Perfect Hostess - Allan Gray [The Automatic Campfire.]
‣ Scorched Earth - Trevor Duncan ["My formula!"]
• Swinging on a Star - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Well, I guess I can't make any more patties now."]
• Bongo Overdub - Nicolas Carr [Sandy runs off.]
‣ Secret Sleuth - Richard Myhill [Sandy contacting her future self.]
• Rip Tide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the Kamp Koral Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- The ending of this episode features SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy as adults in the 2D animation style of the main series. Earlier in the episode, Plankton and an army of Krabby Patties also appear in 2D animation.
- Plankton's army of Krabby Patties are similar to the ones from "Dream Hoppers."
- Also, Plankton wears his king outfit from "King Plankton."
- This episode technically marks the first involvement with Rough Draft Studios in Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, who provided the 2D animated sequences in Plankton's fantasy and the Krusty Krab scene at the end.
- The title makes fun of the fact that SpongeBob more closely resembles a kitchen sponge, rather than a tube sponge. It also references the plot of the episode itself, as SpongeBob is literally a sponge working in the kitchen, thus, "kitchen sponge."
- This episode is likely meant to fix the discontinuity of Sandy meeting SpongeBob in both The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and "Tea at the Treedome," as Sandy speaking to her younger self indicates that Kamp Koral is not canon to the original show or she changed history so that she now knows SpongeBob and the other Bikini Bottomites since childhood.
- Sandy sent her younger self to the underwater summer camp to stop Plankton from stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula, which explains how the story of her and SpongeBob meeting for the first time changed that they now know each other a lot sooner since childhood, instead of adulthood.
- The items included on the Canteen's menu are
- Coral Cheese Souffle (formerly)
- Kelp and Sea lilly Pizza (formerly)
- Sea turkey and Kelp Salad (formerly)
- Seacow Steak (formerly)
- Wurmwurst and Saucekelp (formerly)
- Gourmet Kelpnut (formerly)
- Patties (until the formula was destroyed)
- However, that is not all of the food shown. There are also: Sausages, steaks, pizza, turkey, cheese, pancakes, cakes, waffles, ice cream, popcorn, vegetables (turnips and carrots only), water, and an unnamed drink.
- This episode, along with its sister, are omitted from Nickelodeon Greece reruns.
Episode references[]
- Plankton's kitchen being attacked by fish is a reference to "Help Wanted," when Krabs and Squidward are attacked by anchovies.
Errors[]
- When SpongeBob says, "Thanks, Sandy! See you later!", his eyelashes are missing.
- When Plankton yells at SpongeBob, SpongeBob's watch disappears for the scene.
- While SpongeBob is squirting ketchup towards Patrick’s butt, but when he’s finished with it his legs are missing for one frame.
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