"King Plankton" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 12. In this episode, Plankton practices ruling the world by shrinking himself down and declaring himself king of SpongeBob's aquarium.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Eugene H. Krabs (cameo)
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- King Plankton (single appearance)
- Karen Plankton
- Patrick Star
- Gary the Snail (mentioned)
- Sea chimps (single appearance)
- Sea chimp king (single appearance)
- Sea chimp child (single appearance)
- Old sea chimp lady (single appearance)
- Incidentals
- The Takeoverer (single appearance)
- King Neptune (mentioned)
- Chum Bucket glove (as a living character)
- Rube Goldfish (mentioned)
Synopsis[]
In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob brings his aquarium of sea chimps to the Chum Bucket while he is at work, as he thinks leaving them at home will lead to Gary eating them. Meanwhile, Plankton is home after failing to steal the formula again. He sees the sea chimps and shrinks himself to their size so he can practice ruling the world. He gets the sea chimps to all be slaves by overthrowing the king, who was rather happy with this, as well as getting a castle all to himself. While riding an old chimp, another one shoots a dart at him, causing him to collapse. Afterward, Plankton finds himself tied onto sacrificial poles as a tongue from above comes down to lick him.
He bites the tongue, revealing it to be Patrick's, who starts drinking all the water in the aquarium, but before all the sea chimps get swallowed, Plankton and the Sea Chimp King puts them all within Plankton's shrinking belt to cushion his landing. When they get eaten, SpongeBob arrives and sees in horror that Patrick was the one eating his sea chimps the whole time, not Gary. Denying such an allegation, Patrick walks out. Right after, the sea chimps and Plankton grow to larger size while expanding Patrick's belly when the king touches the dial on the belt. Seeing that his lie was exposed, Patrick sheepishly admits to eating them and says the sea monkeys were not that good.
The sea monkeys then get out of Patrick's stomach. SpongeBob greets them, stating he is their master, but they refuse to serve as pets anymore and decide to live in the Chum Bucket, causing Karen to panic and abandon the restaurant. Plankton concludes that they cannot stay in the Chum Bucket anymore and launches the restaurant several miles away from him, with all the sea monkeys inside. The episode ends with Plankton getting eaten by Patrick and his crown coming out of Patrick's mouth.
Production[]
The episode was confirmed by Kaz on January 3, 2019.[2]
Model sheets[]
- Designed by Saeid Zameniateni.[1]
Storyboards[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Hawaiian Holiday - Kapono Beamer [Title card]
◦ La La Song - Eban Schletter [Sea chimps singing inside SpongeBob's aquarium]
‣ On The Beach - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob gives Karen his sea chimps to watch them]
• Glock Gliss Brass Up - Jeffrey Lingle [SpongeBob puts on his employee hat]
• D Aug Pizz Swtnr - Jeffrey Lingle [SpongeBob puts on his employee hat]
‣ On The Beach - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob explains why he needs Karen to watch his sea chimps]
• LAP STEEL Umbrella Loop - Jeffrey Lingle [SpongeBob flies away with an umbrella]
• Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [At the Krusty Krab]
• Vibraslap - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton's device breaks down and blows smoke into his face]
• Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["The takeover-er-er."]
• Slingshot Slide Gtr 2 - Jeffrey Lingle [Krabs launches Plankton back to the Chum Bucket]
• Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Plankton flies past SpongeBob]
• Sweetener at 1.56 - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton lands in front of the Chum Bucket]
‣ Hi Winds Cluster Rips Up - ? [Plankton lands in front of the Chum Bucket]
• Bassdrum pp - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton lands in front of the Chum Bucket]
• CymbCrash 1 - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton screams as his device lands on him]
‣ Silly Season A - David Bell, Otto Sieben [Plankton screams as his device lands on him]
• Daily Chores Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Plankton crawls to the Chum Bucket]
‣ Farewell to the Islands - Kapono Beamer [Plankton sees SpongeBob's sea chimps' aquarium]
‣ Classic Soap 1 A - Dieter Reith [Karen's show]
‣ Farewell to the Islands - Kapono Beamer ["Sea chimps, huh?"]
◦ La La Song - Eban Schletter [Sea chimps singing inside the aquarium again]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell ["Wait a minute. Maybe I've been going about this world conquest thing all wrong."]
‣ A Jolly Jaunt (d) - Dick Walter [Plankton laughs evilly]
‣ A Jolly Jaunt (a) - Dick Walter [Plankton puts on a shrinking belt]
‣ Final Fate - Max Saunders [Plankton shrinks himself and dives into the aquarium]
• Sweetener at 3 Min - Jeffrey Lingle [Overlays "Final Fate"]
‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco [Sea chimp mistakes Plankton for a banana]
• Piatti 3 - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton exits the sea chimps mouth]
‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco [Plankton looks around]
• Monkeytown Sweeteners FULL Mix - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton throws a sea chimp away]
‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco [Sea chimps get afraid of Plankton]
• Monkeytown Sweeteners FULL Mix - Jeffrey Lingle [Sea chimp with a crown appears]
‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco [Plankton proclaims himself the king of the sea chimps]
• Glock Gliss Br Up - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton slips on a banana peel and falls]
‣ FX 5 Cluster Double Tongue Crescendo - ? [Plankton slips on a banana peel and falls]
‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco [Plankton orders sea chimps to fall as well]
• Monkeytown Sweeteners FULL Mix - Jeffrey Lingle [All sea chimps fall down]
• Royal Celebration Fanfare - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Castle exterior is shown]
‣ Happiness Castle - Maurice De Courpalay [Sea chimps giving Plankton all their valuables]
• Hi Winds Cluster Rips Up Sweetener - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton slips on a banana peel and falls again]
• Tymp Hit - Nicolas Carr [Plankton slips on a banana peel and falls again]
• Glock Gliss Brass Up - Jeffrey Lingle [Transition to next scene]
‣ Rennaisance - Dan Charness [Jingle Punks] [Sea chimps carrying Plankton on his throne]
• Perx Sweetener 5 Min - Jeffrey Lingle [Grape hits sea chimp]
‣ Rennaisance - Dan Charness [Jingle Punks] [Plankton throws more grapes at the sea chimps]
• Perx Sweetener 5 Min - Jeffrey Lingle [Grapes hit the other sea chimps]
‣ Rennaisance - Dan Charness [Jingle Punks] ["Okay, that's enough, I'm bored."]
• I Rule You And You - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton riding a scooter]
‣ Crime Capers - Carlo Giacco ["Piggyback for the king! Let's see how fast this old lady can go."]
• Rodeodaze - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton riding on an old sea chimp lady]
• Harp Glisses - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton falls backward]
‣ Death Trap [#25] - Gregor Narholz [Plankton tied in between two poles]
• Rolls and Bangs - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton tied in between two poles]
‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz [Plankton about to be sacrificed]
‣ African Master Stings - Paul Edward Clarvis [West One Music] [Bongos overlay "Dramatic Encounter"]
• Gong Hit - Jeffrey Lingle ["Sacrifice?"]
• Cymbal and Piatti Scrape - Jeffrey Lingle ["Sacrifice?"]
‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz [Sea chimps start chanting "tongue"]
• Cymbal Swell 2 - Jeffrey Lingle ["What in Neptune's navel?!"]
‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz [Plankton gets attacked by the tongue]
• Double Tongue Trp Cluster - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton gets licked by the tongue]
‣ Dramatic Encounter - Gregor Narholz [Plankton tries to unshrink]
• Bassdrum f - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton bites the tongue]
• Wind Sweetener at 7.37 - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton bites the tongue]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell [Patrick's tongue bitten]
• Tongue Bite Sweetener at 7.45 - Jeffrey Lingle [Close-up of Patrick's tongue]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell ["Now that snack's got a bite!"]
‣ Hawaii Hawaii [#28] - Lisa Doby, Lionel Wendling [Patrick drinking all the water of the aquarium]
• Sweetener At 8.10 - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton sees Patrick drinking the aquarium water]
• El Slide At 8.21 - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton dangles from the pole]
• Glock Gliss Dn - Jeffrey Lingle [Plankton screams as he begins to fall]
‣ Hawaii Hawaii [#28] - Lisa Doby, Lionel Wendling [Plankton and the sea chimp king wrap the shrinking belt around the falling sea chimps]
• Sweetener At 9.00 - Jeffrey Lingle [SpongeBob screams]
‣ Editor's Run Down (a) - Dick Walter [SpongeBob runs to Patrick]
‣ Honolulu March - Hans Haider [SpongeBob hears sea chimps inside Patrick's stomach]
‣ Old Hilo March - Kapono Beamer [Ending]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 20 digital collection and The Complete Twelfth Season DVD.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode was paired up with "Stormy Weather" during the original American airing, but has since been re-airing with "Gary's Got Legs."
- Jill Talley makes a cameo in Karen's soap opera.
- This episode, along with "Stormy Weather," preceded the series premiere of the Nickelodeon animated series Lego City Adventures.
- A clip from this episode was used for promoting new episodes in Nickelodeon Wallonia. However, this episode did not air.[3]
- During the promo for this episode, a clip from "Squid's on a Bus" can be seen, although the episode was unaired at the time.
- Despite the episode being copyrighted in 2019, this is the last episode to be produced in 2018.
- This is the first episode in which the track "Hawaiian Holiday" plays as the title card music, and its first usage in general since "Ditchin'."
- In the Irish dub, this episode's title is "Planctón an Rí," which translates to "Plankton the King."
Cultural references[]
- A pair of chimps reference the fairytale "Rapunzel" by mimicking Rapunzel and the prince.
- Three chimps act out the three wise monkeys.
- One of the paintings in King Plankton's castle parodies The Birth of Venus.
- Another painting is a reference to Napoleon Crossing the Alps.
- The scene where Plankton bites Patrick's tongue is a reference to the 1978 film, Midnight Express.
- Three chimps similarly interlock their arms to the Barrel of Monkeys toy.
- Mr. Krabs' "Rube Goldfish device" line references the Rube Goldberg machine.
- Sea chimps reference Sea-Monkeys.
Errors[]
Dark shaded Plankton.
- When Patrick spits Plankton out, he says one of his antennae was digested. However, in the next shot, his antenna reappears.
- When Plankton is being held by Mr. Krabs, he appears a darker shade of green than normal for a split second.
- In the end credits, all of Jill Talley's voice roles are mistakenly attributed to Sirena Irwin.
- In the French opening credits, John Trabbic's surname is misspelled as John trabbic.[4]
- Vincent Waller's surname is also misspelled as Vincent Wailer.
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