"Pineapple Invasion" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, SpongeBob hides the Krabby Patty secret formula in his home, and Gary must protect it from Plankton.
Characters[]
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Karen Plankton
- Incidentals
- Squidward Tentacles
- Mr. Stinky (debut)
- Cat (mentioned)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Eugene H. Krabs
- HAZMAT Unit
- Fire fish
- French Narrator
- Gary the Snail
- Shelley (2 cameos)
- SpongeBob's grandson (indirectly mentioned)
Synopsis[]
At the Chum Bucket, Plankton sits on a blanket-covered wagon, preparing for another attempt to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. Karen flicks the wagon into the Krusty Krab, where Plankton pulls the blanket off to reveal a skunk he named Mr. Stinky. The customers fawn over the skunk, thinking he is a cat. Plankton intentionally sets Mr. Stinky off by scaring him with a bee. While Plankton is unaffected by the resulting foul odor due to not having a nose, all of the customers, Squidward, SpongeBob, and Mr. Krabs frantically leave the Krusty Krab due to the stink.
Mr. Krabs knows that Plankton is inside the Krusty Krab alone and takes one of SpongeBob's arms to use as a nose plug before heading inside. In Mr. Krabs' office, Plankton is surrounding the safe with dynamite, and the detonation reveals that the safe has another safe inside. Mr. Krabs crushes Plankton with his fists, and SpongeBob, with one of his own legs plugging his nose, tosses Plankton out the window with a spatula. Mr. Stinky is removed from the restaurant by the HAZMAT Unit and placed in a basket with balloons attached. People cheer as it briefly floats him toward the surface, but with too few balloons, it drifts him back down to Bikini Bottom, where people run away due to the smell. Worried Plankton will return, Mr. Krabs wants SpongeBob to take the secret formula home with him while he makes adjustments to his safe. The two of them do not know Plankton is listening to everything with his severed antenna.
Plankton spying at SpongeBob's pineapple house.
Later, at closing time, SpongeBob tries to sneak home with the formula but is greeted by Plankton, who hints that he knows he has the secret formula while SpongeBob fails to hide it and nervously excuses himself to go home. The next morning, SpongeBob talks to Gary, entrusting the safety of the secret formula to him. Plankton is spying on them and watches SpongeBob leave. Plankton then disguises himself as a door-to-door salesman selling snail products. Gary closes the door on him and Plankton angrily walks off. Moments later, Plankton is disguised as a Sweetie Patrol Girl and tries to sell cookies to Gary, but Gary places the sofa Plankton is sitting on outside. Plankton throws down the cookies in a fit of anger, getting blown up as a result, and makes a mental note that nitroglycerin is not a good substitute for vanilla extract.
Plankton finds something familiar.
Plankton finally manages to get inside SpongeBob's house by distracting Gary with a fake cut-out of himself outside the window. In search of the secret formula, Plankton tears up SpongeBob's house until Gary catches him in an elaborate trap and confronts him. Gary beats him up until Plankton escapes into Gary's shell, thinking the secret formula is inside. Gary's eyeball chases Plankton through mazes within his shell. When SpongeBob comes home, he is horrified by the condition of his house and prized possessions but glad that the secret formula is safe where he left it, on top of his television in plain sight. SpongeBob notices something is wrong with Gary and takes him to the vet. Inside Gary's shell, Plankton makes it to the center of the shell and grabs what he thinks is the secret formula but is actually an old grocery list of SpongeBob's. The vet remarks that Plankton is hallucinating due to the fumes inside Gary's shell, which he would have detected if he had a nose. Plankton still celebrates and runs off into the sunset with what he still believes to be the secret formula.
Production[]
Vincent Waller confirmed this episode on Twitter on May 17, 2016.[2]
Waller shared the story of this episode's production on SpongeBuddy Mania: "This episode started out as a board driven show. It was from idea of Marc Ceccerelli's. When we first took over the show, he thought he'd be able to board it a little here and a little there, throughout the season. But we ended up doing quite a lot of rewriting on the final season 9 shows, leaving him very little spare time to continue boarding P.I. But luckily for us, he did have time enough to do the skunk intro, as well as inspirational drawings of the Plankton vs Gary fight scenes. Kaz and Fred did a great job of picking up the ball and running with it, fleshing out lots of great moments for our viewing pleasure."[1]
Art[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
‣ Stool Pigeon - Kenny Graham [Plankton going to the Krusty Krab.]
‣ Circus Parade (B) - Dick Walter [Skunk revealed.]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Customers crowd around the skunk.]
• Light Suspense Segueway - Nicolas Carr ["Gather in real close."]
‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["Time to trigger the stench!"]
• Spongemonger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The Krusty Krab is filled with skunk odor.]
‣ Alone In The Old House - Gregor Narholz [Krabs realizes Plankton is still inside the Krusty Krab.]
‣ Martial Tension - Sam Fonteyn [Krabs replaces his nose with SpongeBob's arm.]
‣ Battle at Sea - Johnny Pearson [Plankton blows up Krabs' safe.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 13D - Jeremy Wakefield [Safe opens revealing another safe.]
‣ What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor? - Okko Bekker [Mr. Krabs squishes Plankton.]
‣ Glory Road - Sam Fonteyn [The skunk is removed from the Krusty Krab.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [Skunk floats into town.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 20A - Jeremy Wakefield [People running out of town.]
• Mission Improbable - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Krabs tells SpongeBob to hide the secret formula in his house.]
‣ Stool Pigeon - Kenny Graham ["Oh, you're right, Professor Krabface."]
• Sneaky Panther Pants - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob talks to Plankton while he takes the formula to his house.]
‣ Evil Horror - Harry Lubin [Plankton spying Gary and SpongeBob.]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell [Plankton disguised as a salesman.]
‣ Domestic Fun (A) - Ernest Tomlinson [Plankton appears disguised as a girl scout.]
‣ Domestic Fun (C) - Ernest Tomlinson [Gary slams the door.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 9B - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton dazed.]
• Humorous Conversation Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton enters SpongeBob's house.]
• The Fruitcake Vendor 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton tears the house apart looking for the formula.]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton goes up to SpongeBob's bedroom.]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr [Gary gets an idea.]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton exits SpongeBob's bedroom.]
• Greenhorn Rag Remix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton slips on Gary's slime.]
• Greenhorn Rag Remix No Whistle - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton falls into Gary's traps.]
‣ Armed Attack - Jean Clero [Gary hits Plankton.]
‣ Magic Potion 1 [#95] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Of course! What a fool I've been!"]
‣ Misty Menace - Max Saunders [Plankton enters Gary's shell.]
‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus [Gary's eye chases Plankton.]
‣ Dramatic Bridge 1 - Phil Green [SpongeBob sees his house destroyed]
‣ Misty Menace - Max Saunders [SpongeBob worries about Gary.]
‣ Parallel Dimension - Gregor Narholz [Plankton running through Gary's shell.]
‣ Evil Horror - Harry Lubin [Plankton falls into the center of the shell.]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["What's that?"]
• Breathing Underwater 2 - Nicolas Carr ["This is it! Just like I thought!"]
‣ The Oracle - David Farnon [Choir.]
• Parting of the Clouds Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Let me bask in its glory!"]
• 12th St Rag w Bass - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The ending]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 16, Factory Fresh, Complete Ninth Season, Collection Triple, Next 100 Episodes, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- The title card for this episode is similar to that of "Big Sister Sam."
- Foreshadowing: While inside Gary's shell Plankton comments "This place is disgusting! I bet it reeks. Good thing I don't have a nose."
- This is the first episode where a main character says, "My leg!"; Plankton uses it after Gary slams the door on him.
- Interestingly, Plankton is voiced by Doug Lawrence, just like Fred, the character who often screams "My leg!"
- This is the second episode when Plankton disguises himself as a Girl Scout in an attempt to get the secret formula. The first was "Sweet and Sour Squid."
- This is Marc Ceccarelli's last episode as a storyboard director. He is only credited as a supervising director because of this episode being storyboard-driven.
- List of objects seen in Gary's shell when Plankton goes inside:
- Magic 8-Ball toy
- A toothbrush
- A clarinet
- A nickel
- A teddy bear
- A treasure chest
- A diamond
- On the October 22, 2020 airing, this episode was paired up with "Married to Money."[3]
- This episode was paired up with "Planet of the Jellyfish" for the Massive Monster Mayhem Marathon on Nicktoons.[4]
- This episode reveals several things:
- This episode reveals that Plankton hates pineapple.
- This episode reveals that shortly after SpongeBob made his first Krabby Patty, which was featured in "Friend or Foe," he got it bronzed.
- This episode reveals that SpongeBob owns Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy collectible underpants.
Dub facts[]
- In the German and French dubs, SpongeBob's shopping list was localized with German and French text respectively.
Cultural references[]
- Plankton is disguised as a Sweetie Patrol Girl and tries to sell Sweetie Patrol Cookies, referencing the Girl Scouts}} and Girl Scout Cookies.
- The second half of this episode's storyline is similar to the 1990 film, Home Alone.
