Ma Plankton[3] is the mother of Sheldon J. Plankton. She first appears in the short "Plankton. A Thank You Would Be Nice."
Description[]
She is a yellow slim plankton in live action form. In the storyboard, she has a rounder body than Plankton. She wears a hat with a flower on it, and a dress. In the series proper, she is a heavy-set plankton with black curly hair that has curlers over her antenna. She wears a dark purple dress and yellow-rimmed glasses. Initially, she was simply a copy of Ma Angler, but with one eye to look like a plankton.
Personality[]
According to Plankton, she is also evil.
Biography[]
When she was an adult, she married Gordon Plankton, who would later have the nickname, "Papa Plankton."
Together, they had a child: Sheldon J. Plankton, on August 21[4].
They had many more children.[5] Sheldon says, referring to his mother, "I was always her favorite."[6]
According to Sheldon, she apparently taught her son how to be evil.
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History[]
She was first mentioned in the game, Nicktoons Unite!, SpongeBob asks Sheldon what his mother would think of Plankton's actions and Sheldon says that he believes that his mother would be proud of him. He mentions that Sheldon was her favorite child. Later, he sarcastically says that his mother would be disappointed in him for being a villain.
She is mentioned again in Creature from the Krusty Krab.
She was then mentioned in "Plankton's Special Sinister Commentary." Sheldon mentions that when he was younger, his mother used to make chaos, destruction, and screaming.
She makes her first appearance in "Plankton. A Thank You Would Be Nice." She appears in a live-action clip shown behind Plankton.
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Trivia[]
- She is considered to be as a real zooplankton in the real world.
- She appeared in the storyboard for "Plankton Gets the Boot," where she and her husband refuse to let their son in after Karen kicks him out. This scene was not featured in the actual episode.
- She was completely unaware that Karen is her daughter-in-law.
- Her design in "Something Narwhal This Way Comes" resembles Ma Angler from "Trenchbillies."
- Her subsequent redesign in "Blood is Thicker Than Grease" resembles Bunny Star.
References[]
- ^ "Plankton. A Thank You Would Be Nice."
- ^ Something Narwhal This Way Comes and C.H.U.M.S (credits)
- ^ Blood is Thicker Than Grease
- ^ Stephen Hillenburg's 1997 pitch bible
- ^ "When the Going Gets Tough" rap verse
- ^ Nicktoons Unite!
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