"Karen 2.0" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, when Plankton upgrades to Karen 2, the original Karen leaves and gets a job at the Krusty Krab.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Karen Plankton
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Squidward Tentacles
- Karen 2 (single appearance)
- Incidentals
- Dale
- Incidental 7
- Incidental 106
- Incidental 45
- Incidental 9
- Incidental 42
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 49
- Incidental 48
- Incidental 63
- Carol
- Incidental 8
- John
- Frank
- Incidental 41
- Putzy
- Charlie
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 13
- Incidental 2
- Incidental 67
- Incidental 68
- Troutenheimer
- Incidental 92
- Steven
- Incidental 102
- Incidental 64
- Incidental 60
- Incidental 47
- Incidental 7
- Incidental 37A
- Tom
- Harris
- Incidental 14
- Old Man Walker
- Incidental 152
- Incidental 103
- Incidental 27
- Incidental 12
- Incidental 10
- Incidental 157
Synopsis[]
At the Chum Bucket, Karen dumps a bag of chum onto a tray and zaps it into a three course meal, with the entree being chum pot pie. She goes to Plankton, who works on a project. Annoyed, he tells her the pot pie chum was supposed to be a stir fry chum, and she responds that her memory is full. Plankton says such problems will be solved by his newest creation, which he reveals to be Karen 2. Karen is distraught that Plankton is replacing her, and his words anger Karen to the point where she tries to zap him. He flees from her blasts, but Karen 2 shuts her off via the Chum Bucket's power source. At the Krusty Krab, it is closing time, which makes SpongeBob sad. Mr. Krabs walks home as SpongeBob follows him and says goodbye until he trips over a box filled with Karen's components. Mr. Krabs is about to get away until SpongeBob points out the "free" computer. Mr. Krabs rushes back, feeling anything free should be taken.
They go back to the Krusty Krab, where they activate the computer, who turns out to be Karen. SpongeBob is wary that it may be one of Plankton's schemes, but Mr. Krabs is convinced that anything free is automatically good. When Karen's startup is completed, the screen turns to a hysterically crying face. SpongeBob tries to comfort her, but he unintentionally makes her even more depressed. Karen looks out the window of the Krusty Krab, where she sees Plankton and Karen 2 having a romantic dinner at the Chum Bucket. She angrily says she never wants to see Plankton again, and Mr. Krabs welcomes her to the Krusty Krab crew.
The next day, Squidward walks in to see Karen is at his post. He is baffled until Mr. Krabs explains that she will be doing his cashier duties for free. Squidward jumps for joy at the thought of no longer working at the Krusty Krab and dealing with SpongeBob or customers, but his joy is quashed when Mr. Krabs reassigns him to restroom duties. Unfortunately, Karen is still upset, even snapping at a customer who requests a Krabby Patty. A knocking is heard at the front door: it is Karen 2, who repeatedly slams into the front door. Plankton pops out from inside her, asking what is wrong, and she tells him he did not program her with arms. Plankton sees Karen at work, and becomes uneasy, then a wave of customers pushes him and Karen 2 into the Krusty Krab. Karen and Karen 2 argue, reaching the point that Karen jumps out of her post, ready to fight Karen 2. Mr. Krabs uses the opportunity to make money from people betting on the fight.
Karen and Karen 2 fight, striking each other. When Plankton falls out of Karen 2, she accidentally runs him over and crushes him, and Karen is horrified. Karen 2 is unconcerned, which infuriates Karen, who finally destroys her replacement and gives her a lesson that no one runs down by Plankton. She talks to a wounded Plankton, who sees the error of his ways in replacing her. Karen's power runs out, and Plankton takes the battery from the destroyed body of Karen 2 and puts it into her. Plankton begs Karen to wake up and promises that he will never take her kindness for granted ever again. Karen reactivates, thinking it was all a dream. She and Plankton return to the Chum Bucket, and Karen 2's screen explodes. Mr. Krabs is upset over the loss of Karen 2, but when SpongeBob suggests that he rebuild her, he has Squidward wearing Karen 2's screen like a mask and taking orders, because "the kids love robots," as the episode ends.
Production[]
This episode was produced during[1] and completed in 2011.[2]
The episode was confirmed and added to the US Copyright Office on January 30, 2012,[2] along with its sister episode "InSPONGEiac."
Music[]
( ‣ ) Production music |
( • ) Original music |
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Puka A - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [Opening.]
• Booting Up - Nicolas Carr [Karen 2.0 boots up]
‣ Tragic Bridge 2 - Phil Green [Karen 2.0 introduced.]
‣ Befuddled Gent - Phil Green ["Who are you calling cheap?"]
‣ Death of the Alien 1 [#38] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Loading Jealousy Scheduler.]
‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede ["Goodbye Karen classic, hello Karen 2.0!"]
• Salty Krab Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs locks the Krusty Krab.]
• Computer Age - Nicolas Carr
‣ Drama Link (G) - Hubert Clifford ["Are computers supposed to emote?"]
‣ Tragic Situation - Phil Green ["She's malfunctioning."]
• Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob talks to Karen.]
• Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Careful, Mr. Krabs."]
• Lounging and Fine Dining - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton having dinner with Karen 2.0]
• Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["I don't ever want to see that lowlife again!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs hires Karen.]
• Hawaiian Slide - Nicolas Carr, Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs and SpongeBob high five each other.]
• Happy Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [The next day.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward cleaning the bathroom.]
• Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Karen snaps at a customer.]
• Salty Krab Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["You know what cheers me up when I'm feeling down?"]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Banging at door.]
• Clowning Around - Barry Anthony ["Hey, what's the holdup?"]
‣ Dramatic Bridge 4 - Phil Green ["What's she doing here?!"]
• Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Well, if isn't little-miss homewrecker."]
‣ Tales From The Swamp (C) - Ron Goodwin [Everyone gasps.]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["Excuse me, did you say money?"]
• Sponge Crusher 2 - Nicolas Carr ["Welcome to the fight of this century!"]
• Mounting Metal Mayhem - Nicolas Carr ["High-speed integrated circuits?"]
• Sponge Shredder 1 - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez ["...Or old-school vacuum tubes and diodes?"]
• Sponge Crusher - Nicolas Carr ["You heartless homepage-wrecking hussy!"]
‣ Tabu - Daryl Neil Alexander Griffith ["Planky, say something!"]
‣ Dramatic Impact (2) - Ivor Slaney [Karen shuts off.]
‣ Tragic Bridge 3 - Phil Green ["Karen!"]
‣ Melodrama [#95] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Plankton replaces Karen's battery.]
• Computer Age - Nicolas Carr
• Puka A - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Karen reboots.]
• Hooka - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Well, we could rebuild Karen 2."]
• Lopey Sailor's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 14, Complete Eighth Season, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, SpongeBob, You're Fired! (international releases only), The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Next 100 Episodes, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, The Seventh & Eighth Seasons, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was originally called "Computer Trouble" and "The Karen II."
- The second title parodies the Apple II.
- In 2020, a building toy playset based on this episode (pictured right) was released. It is modeled after the scene where Mr. Krabs reactivates Karen in his office, and the set includes Karen, Mr. Krabs, and his desk.
- The title card font is the same along with its color as the one used for the episode "Komputer Overload."
- This episode marks the second time Plankton replaces Karen with another machine; in "Komputer Overload," Plankton blames Karen for his repeated failures to obtain the secret recipe and builds three machines to help him with that task.
- This episode marks the second time Karen works at the Krusty Krab. The first was in "Bucket Sweet Bucket."
- In Comic Crazy... Take 2!, there is a comic strip called "Krusty Karen" that shares a very similar plot where Karen leaves the Chum Bucket and works for the Krusty Krab.
- When Karen 2 says that Plankton did not design her with hands, she seems to have hands when she disconnects Karen's hard drive. However, this is only one arm.
- Usually people push the Krusty Krab door open, but this time it is pulled.
- When Karen and Karen 2 argue, they use computer terms against each other. When Karen says she will "crumble" Karen 2's cookies, it is an actual computer term; cookies are files that contain information about a user that are sent to the central computer with each request. The server uses the information to customize data sent back and to log the requests of the user.
- This episode marks the ending of the "Two Whole Weeks of Never Before Seen SpongeBob" event.
- This episode's working title was "Computer Trouble."
- On May 28, 2021, this episode was paired with "Gary Takes a Bath."[3]
- This is the third episode to contain a number in its title, with the first being "SB-129," and the second being "20,000 Patties Under the Sea."
Cultural references[]
- When SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs boot up Karen in Mr. Krabs' office, the screen reads "Karen Classic." This is a parody of the Macintosh Classic, which is an Apple Macintosh computer from 1990.
Errors[]
- Karen 2 tells Plankton that she has no arms, but earlier, she turns off Karen Classic with an arm that came out of a panel.
- Plankton goes and puts a battery inside Karen Classic. When he opens the battery hole, it has no battery inside.
- When Karen 2.0 gets defeated, her screen is blue for a frame.
- In the same scene, Fred's eyelids are brown.
- After pairing up with a rerun of "Bubble Buddy" in 2021, this episode and its sister episode are now NTSC-pitched, when they should be PAL-pitched.
- This error also occurs in "A Friendly Game"/"Sentimental Sponge" and "Sweet & Sour Squidward"/"The Googly Artiste".
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Russian | Карен 2.0 Karen 2.0 |
Karen 2.0 |
Spanish | Karen 2.0 | Karen 2.0 |