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00:00:00Welp, I made a video ranking all of the background fish, why not sell out more?
00:00:04I'm hitting every plankton plan from the main series, I'm not crazy enough to do the
00:00:08games or the comics. Plans are based off of success rate, appearance, practicality slash
00:00:12creativity, and most importantly, memorability. Also for a fun game that will totally kill ya,
00:00:18take a shot every time I say the words Plankton, Formula, Krusty Krab, and Plan.
00:00:22If you just want the overall rating, skip to the end chapter. Alright, let's go.
00:00:30The plans that just stink. Either they are super forgettable, boring, or just sucky in general.
00:00:50PL1413. Don't get the wrong idea here, this plan is really cool and super fresh, but it belongs in F
00:00:57because it is arguably the most failed plan of all time. Bikini Bottom is holding a time capsule
00:01:03ceremony, and Krabs tosses in a patty, to which Plankton charges that. In debatably the cruelest
00:01:08action ever taken by the cheapskate, Krabs locks Plankton in there for two thousand years.
00:01:15Plankton finally escapes, but finds a new world. Chrome is everywhere, and he gets a tour of the new
00:01:21town. Squidward has a museum, the Krusty Krab is closed, and SpongeBob is… somehow still alive.
00:01:27Plankton learns that everyone knows the formula and can easily recreate it, so he turns to Sandy
00:01:33to head back in time. He runs into the Camp Coral version of her, who has been hopping through a bunch
00:01:39of various timelines. Plankton and her manage to leave, while we also get to see Plankton 2.0,
00:01:44according to Karen, who uh… homina homina. Anyways, he winds up back home and gets thrown in an endless
00:01:49time loop. Probably the worst fate for Plankton. And that is why it is in F tier. Man will quite
00:01:55literally just never win. It's pretty sad. One course meal. Oh boy. Let's make this quick.
00:02:01While it would be nice to avoid overall episode bias, I don't think it's entirely possible. If you don't
00:02:06know what I'm talking about, just TLDR, this is one of the most hated and blasted episodes of the entire
00:02:11show. For a Plankton plan, using mental warfare to mess with Krabs is cool. It's just a shame
00:02:16basically everything surrounding it is just… cynical. It's not really a fun episode or plan.
00:02:21Penseft here. Party. Pooper. Pants. He questions Mr. Krabs for the formula. Mr. Krabs says no. The
00:02:28wiki says this is the shortest scheme of the series, lasting about 8 seconds. I don't need to elaborate
00:02:34anymore. A place for pets. A quick and easy attempt upon learning the Krusty Krab allows pets,
00:02:39Plankton hops in spot for a basic disguise. He gets digested. What is with Plankton getting digested?
00:02:45He's been whale food, in a drink, in a ketchup bottle, on a patty itself, jelly beans, and now this.
00:02:52Poor Plankton. Since this plan is early on, I actually just spoiled some of the future ideas
00:02:56I'll be covering soon. Eh, you're probably not going to remember. My script right now is like 26 pages.
00:03:01This video is going to be a long one. Buckle in. Snowball effect. He attempts to harness snow.
00:03:08He is crushed by less than a handful of it. What a failure.
00:03:13Goo goo gas. A very unique plan. Kind of just nasty. Plankton turns everyone old,
00:03:19then into babies, and it's just a very... meh experience. He also hits Karen with a blast of
00:03:25the goo goo gas and turns her into a young calculator. Is she still his wife? Should we be concerned here?
00:03:31Don't worry. I'm already contacting the YouTube drama channels. We'll take it from here.
00:03:35Lockdown for love. It's a steamy date night over at the Chum Bucket. A lovely hot air
00:03:40balloon ride glides Plankton and Karen over town, with Plankton spotting the easiest swipe
00:03:45of his life. Turns out, this was a trap by Karen. She locks down the building until Plankton can turn
00:03:50out a good date night. Partway through, Plankton sees the real formula and uses Patrick and his
00:03:54plan to fool Karen, who deserves so much better than Sheldon right now. Patrick is disguised as
00:04:00Ray Ray. That's what the episode says, not me. But Plankton, of course, screws this up,
00:04:05losing both the formula and a date night. Karen makes up for it, though. Plankton gets pretty
00:04:09close, but this plan gets dropped a ton. Not cool ignoring your wife, Sheldon. Not cool at all.
00:04:14Side note, I love how they include SpongeBob in this episode. He's here for about three seconds.
00:04:19It's really cool seeing them expand out, but eh, still a pretty bad plan.
00:04:23Stanley S. Squarepants. Yeah, I'm counting this as a plan. He hires SpongeBob's cousin Stanley,
00:04:29who just destroys the chum bucket. Nothing else to say. Plankton's regular. The SpongeBob
00:04:33encyclopedia claims this is a Plankton plan, but I disagree. I'm keeping it here as a courtesy,
00:04:39but you just end up feeling bad for Plankton in this episode. His food is so bad, someone has to
00:04:44be paid to eat it. Greasy buffoons. I'm writing this before I give a rating, but look at this
00:04:49mountain of a description on the wiki. So, SpongeBob and Mr. K have to clean out the
00:04:53grease trap of the Krusty Krab and dump it on Plankton's store stuff. Being dealt with this
00:04:58awful disadvantage, Plankton actually manages to turn it around. He sells incredibly greasy foods
00:05:03to the townsfolk. Krabs and him have a back and forth of nastiness, but both eventually get shut
00:05:07down by the health inspector. It's just okay. I don't think anyone remembers Greasy Buffoons. If I
00:05:12have a Greasy Buffoons fan watching, really sorry to have ruined your day.
00:05:16Grandma's Secret Recipe. Alright, I'm sorry, I'm writing these chronologically and then organizing
00:05:21later so I might be repeating myself here, but I'm using my free pass on this plan. I really,
00:05:26really don't care for Grandma's Secret Recipe. Didn't like it when it aired, didn't care for it
00:05:31on reruns, it's just... meh. Plankton just disguises as a grandma. That's it. That's all it is. Let me
00:05:37have this one. Alright, I really doubt you're gonna care about missing an extended analysis of Grandma's
00:05:42Secret Recipe. Who knows? Computer Overload. After a minor breakup, Plankton builds new computers and
00:05:48combines them into a mech to overthrow the Custy Crab. It's... it's fine. Plankton's good eye. Plankton
00:05:54grows another eye but fails to respect proper gene modding and just... eugh. Karen 2.0. I'm not really
00:06:00sure if this is a plan to steal the formula, but eh. Plankton makes a second computer wife, but neither of
00:06:05them get along. Interesting idea, but just kind of forgettable. Just bleh, meh, and dare I say... eh.
00:06:11Goodbye, Krabby Patty. After selling out to make frozen Krabby Patties, Cheepy the Cheapskate turns
00:06:16the crab into a museum. Plankton arrives, swipes the formula, but finds out it's just a souvenir. We
00:06:22are shown not too long after the SpongeBob had the original copy anyways, so... this plan was doomed from
00:06:27the start.
00:06:41These plans are okay. Generally, they have some critical flaw in them. Some of them have at least
00:06:59some other elements going for them, but a chunk of these just have straight upgrades, later on.
00:07:04Free samples. Fraud. That's all the plan is. Sell chum, but say it's a Krabby Patty. Fairly
00:07:09effective, but it lacks... impact or character. And, of course, fails. How do you mess up free
00:07:14food? That's like... the greatest thing of all time. Culture shock. The legendary magician of
00:07:19Bikini Bottom procures a patty from the audience, and will soon make it disappear. The appearance is
00:07:24the only thing giving this plan props from me. It fails spectacularly, and blows up literally in his
00:07:30face. Maybe next time he could pull a more successful plan out of his hat. No pictures, please.
00:07:35Simple. Hide in a camera that takes pictures of the Krabby Patty formula. One small, tiny, minor,
00:07:42trivial issue. We are in the intertidal zone, so everything's just an illusion. Was any of this
00:07:47real? Am I real? Who knows, but I do know for sure that writing a description for every Plankton plan
00:07:53sure feels like a Twilight Zone punishment sometimes. Servin' turf. Plankton actually just swipe the
00:07:58formula, and SpongeBob heads up to his tower to take it back. He does it pretty much instantly. I do love the
00:08:04reference to Dunces and Dragons, and this is gonna be a super niche point. But does this tower and
00:08:09interior remind anyone of Bowser's Castle from Mario & Luigi, Bowser's Inside Story? Maybe it's
00:08:15just a spike thrown, but hey, anything even resembling the best Mario & Luigi game gets points for me.
00:08:21Krabs vs. Plankton. Plankton tries a very basic plan to nab the formula, but slips on some water left
00:08:26by a mop. Overhearing the nearby citizens, Plankton instead takes Eugene Krabs to court. On paper,
00:08:32smart. Only problem is he basically lied the entire way, which is a shame because he did
00:08:37genuinely slip. I don't think his intent of being in the restaurant matters. All that does is,
00:08:42he slipped. He has a good case to sue Krabs, but he fails to pilfer the formula from Krabs via
00:08:47litigation. I don't get it, man. You had the perfect setup. It was handed to you, and you screwed it up.
00:08:55For shame, Sheldon. For shame. He also did get beat by a guy whose defense was putting money
00:09:01into a blender. New Leaf. Aw, man. Every time I come across this, I just get sad. A really good
00:09:08scene is sadly undercut by the twist of Plankton revealing he faked the entire episode. It doesn't
00:09:13work since Mr. Krabs expected it. It had so much potential. Rodeo Days. Rodeo Days?
00:09:20Huh? What does Sheldon have to do with Rodeo Days? Simple. Instead of stealing the formula,
00:09:26he resorts to terrorism. He fails nearly instantly. Genuinely forgot he was in this episode at all.
00:09:32Is this even a plan? Eh, I already wrote the rest of this entry, so no going back now.
00:09:38Atlantis Squarepantis. Tiny Copepods doze away on a bus heading for Atlantis and attempts to use their
00:09:43tanks against him. Unlike other versions of Atlantis Squarepantis, we don't really see much of him or his
00:09:49adventure. His tank fires ice cream. Big fail here. Plankton's plan. In a blast from the past,
00:09:55this was a custom-made Kids' Choice Award short from 2004. Plankton, on his soapbox, showcases his
00:10:02new plan to defeat the Krusty Krab. Before he can reveal anything, we find out he and presumably all
00:10:07of Bikini Bottom is actually located in a drinking glass. To which Serena Williams, the legendary tennis
00:10:14player drinks and spits him out. Your guess as to the context is as good as mine. Banned in Bikini
00:10:21Bottom. He just swats the Krusty Krab. Miss Gristlepuss eats a Krabby Patty and sees the holy
00:10:26light of that sandwich. It's a very unremarkable plan, but we do get to see Al Gristlepuss.
00:10:32I like him. Spongicus. For how grand of an idea it is to build an entire Colosseum and host Gladiator
00:10:39matches, it really falls flat in Plankton's face. The inside job. A different exploration of a future
00:10:45idea, that being using SpongeBob's brain. I like how the environment is shown and Plankton literally
00:10:50has to search Sponge's mind, but besides that, the plan's okay. Just forgettable. SpongeBob's Road to
00:10:57Christmas. A journey to see Santa. For the second time. Actually, the third time.
00:11:10Plankton tags along on a jaunt to see good old Saint Nick, hoping to add himself to the nice list
00:11:14for that juicy formula. Plankton winds up with a photo of Patchy, it's a long story, instead of the
00:11:20formula. Cool idea, but to me there are just better Christmas-themed plans. Buried in time, Plankton
00:11:25digs for the formula, gets it, gets stepped on, and is left with the implication of him having to poop
00:11:30it out. Absolute Cinema. The Other Patty. P-Lank and K-Rab compete to steal the formula for the
00:11:37Flabby Patty. A new hot item turning the undersea world into a frenzy. I like it. It has some good
00:11:42bits. SpongeBob is revealed to have planned this from the start, so more of a team bonding exercise
00:11:47than anything. Sweet and Sour Squid. Plankton helps Squidward to learn proper music theory. Can't teach an
00:11:52old octopus new clarinet tricks though, and Plankton's eardrums soon turn to ash. I like the
00:11:57wiki's description of Squid's clarinet music as corny. Alright hey future me, uh they got rid of
00:12:03corny. I don't know why, whatever. Take it away, pass me. Alright plan, just a bit forgettable.
00:12:10Nice hat though. Burst your bubble. After the latest fad of bubble boats,
00:12:14everyone in town wants a soapy ride. Plankton too, who requests a vehicle to cause chaos and
00:12:19terrify the town. He gets it and just gets absolutely destroyed by Larry. Fiasco. Plankton
00:12:25steals the residue of a patty and doesn't realize it's art. Me too Plankton. Me too. He gets arrested,
00:12:31food eaten, as you expect. Personally I think a better plan would have been to throw a can of
00:12:34tomato sauce at it, but hey, you do you Plankton. For here or to go. Plankton wins himself a free
00:12:39Krabby Patty. After a bit of trying to stop him, he eats it, and has Karen scan it at the end. It uh,
00:12:46doesn't go well. Super evil aquatic villain team up is go. I am going to speak this way the entire
00:12:54entry. It is a really cool idea that doesn't really go anywhere. I want to stop talking like this.
00:13:03Move it or lose it. Due to new ordinance from the bikini bottom feds, restaurants must maintain a 100
00:13:08foot distance. Both sides run to get signatures, with Plankton showing some smart business sense
00:13:13by selling old inventions. He gets enough, but the state representative was probably bribed,
00:13:18and only moves the Krusty Krab instead of destroying it. Plankton's pet. Points for memorability. I'll
00:13:22never forget when crabs nearly beat a child to death. Wouldn't have been the first time, but
00:13:26besides that, nothing special. Spot has nothing to do with this plan. Sorry Spot. House worming.
00:13:32SpongeBob is infected with worms. Ew. Plankton volunteers to remove them in exchange for the formula,
00:13:38and gets beat up by literal worms. That's it. That's all I got. Plankton gets the boot. Right at the
00:13:45start, Plankton has a Krabby Patty analyzer, just needs the patty. Marriage problems get in the way
00:13:49though, so the plan is killed before it can even really begin. Is this the second food analyzer he's
00:13:54made? We gotta start keeping track. Plankton's Color Nullifier. In a rare custom short, SpongeBob makes a
00:14:00rainbow Krabby Patty, which draws in Plankton with his greatest device yet. The Color Nullifier. I don't see
00:14:07how it's gonna help anything, but I respect the scientific moxie for just removing color. Sadly,
00:14:13Plankton is an idiot and takes in too many colors, spitting out gradients and patterns everywhere
00:14:17before getting blasted out of the Krusty Krab. Call the Cops. One of the surprisingly many plans
00:14:23involving the cops. This time, it's a prison break movie with Plankton and Patrick. It's fun,
00:14:28but this is no Klaushank Redemption. I feel as if better Patrick formula plots have been done before,
00:14:33though it is a nice change of scenery. The Grill is gone. After the Grill gets stolen by some local
00:14:38troublemakers, the Krusty crew race off in a fight for the Grill. Plankton's also here and gets booted
00:14:43off. I like how he shows up out of nowhere and just gets flicked. Never returns. Welcome to the
00:14:49Chum Bucket. This is a very, very, very well-rounded plan. Plankton cheats in a card game for SpongeBob's
00:14:57contract. Great. He now just has to make SpongeBob make a simple Krabby Patty. But he learns really
00:15:04quickly that SpongeBob is a force of nature. Giving in to every demand, Plankton lacks backbone in this
00:15:09episode until it is too late. He's forced to give the rebellious square sponge back to Krabs and
00:15:14gladly accepts defeat. On paper, great plan. In execution, just terrible. Plankton had a net loss
00:15:21the entire time, though it did stall the Krusty Krab for a day or two. So, silver lining, I guess.
00:15:44Alright, finally, cooking a little bit. These plants have some decent qualities to them, but are often in
00:15:49the shadows of just better plans in general. If you had to do one of these, it wouldn't be the
00:15:54end of the world, but you have better options. SpongeBob's Last Stand. Huh. Man. This episode
00:16:01seems… familiar, for some reason? Stealing formulas, creating robots, and utilizing other
00:16:06villains just does not work. What is more evil than stealing? More diabolical than nonstop warfare?
00:16:12What can surpass the greatest sins committed by Plankton? Easy. Employing the government's help.
00:16:18Plankton pitches an idea of the Shelly Superhighway to the town, and it passes easily. It slams right
00:16:24through jellyfish fields and digs past the Krusty Krab, leaving it out of business. This is Plankton's
00:16:29plan and sets up negotiations for that amazing formula. Plankton failed to realize, though,
00:16:34that demolishing jellyfish fields will, you know, anger the jellyfish. If there is one group in
00:16:39SpongeBob you do not want as enemies, it is the jellyfish. SpongeBob works the entire town to uproot the
00:16:45Shelly Superhighway. The plan does work, but it's very short-sighted. I like the drastically different
00:16:50approach to screwing over the Krusty Krab, but it gets resolved way too fast. 7.8 out of 10, too many
00:16:57jellyfish. Walking Small. So for a bit of a more rare plan, this one doesn't really involve the formula.
00:17:02Plankton seeks to pave over all of Goo Lagoon to build his chum bucket mega bucket. Similar to fun,
00:17:07he employs mind games and psychological warfare. I have to give him credit, this is a pretty solid plan.
00:17:13I'm not really sure how it'll get more customers considering his food is garbage, but maybe he
00:17:17wanted to use it as a tourism business? Eh, we'll never know since Plankton's manipulation plan
00:17:22backfires and he gets crushed. Logically, his plan kinda falls apart, but I think his attempts to make
00:17:28SpongeBob more assertive add memorability points here. Especially, you used me for land development.
00:17:35Mimic Madness. A quick and simple plan. When the main cast is mimicking SpongeBob, PlankBob tries to
00:17:40convince Mr. Crabpants to give the formula. I dunno, I can't come up with names. It doesn't work.
00:17:46Good episode though, really enjoyed the song. The Fry Cook Games. One of the most manipulative
00:17:52plans of them all. He uses Patrick as a proxy to fight Krabs, who of course has SpongeBob. What
00:17:57entails is a battle of clashing characters and bonds. Not fighting for the formula, Plankton here fights
00:18:02for fame and pride. Doesn't stop him from playing dirty though. He got so close to winning,
00:18:07but the power of friendship defeats his and Krabs' plans. It's a very memorable plan,
00:18:12but very reliant on gaslighting the duo. I could see an argument higher than C, but up to you.
00:18:18Best Frenemies. Krabs and Plankton have to work together to bring down Sprite. Sorry,
00:18:22Mountain Dew. Sorry, 7-Up. Sorry. It's pretty fun watching them fight this green giant together.
00:18:26And by the end, Plankton gets a head start on securing the formula. Will he make it? Oh, 100% no, but
00:18:33it's nice. This episode also has this legendary screenshot, and I find it's important enough
00:18:37to bring up here. Friend or Foe. Dude, flashbanging the Krusty Krab is a brutal plan. His attempt is
00:18:44foiled by a ceiling fan, and is then forced to recount his history with Krabs. After the flashback,
00:18:49he and Karen make a hit and run for the formula. We don't know if they succeed, but I like the episode,
00:18:54so I'm being extra nice with the placement, even if the plan itself is fairly tame.
00:18:58You know, besides the flashbangs. Bucket Sweet Bucket. Bucket Sweet Bucket has Plankton get SpongeBob,
00:19:04Patrick, and eventually Mr. Tennis Balls to work on the Chum Bucket so he can steal the formula while
00:19:09they are distracted. I'm gonna be very biased here. Bucket Sweet Bucket is a perfectly passable
00:19:14episode. I doubt anyone would tell you it's their favorite. For some reason, I have a strong nostalgia
00:19:18for the episode, and that's the only reason why it's here in the ranking. Is this unfair? Yeah,
00:19:24I'm not arguing with you on that. Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob. If I remember correctly, this is the first
00:19:30Plankton and Mermaid Man crossover. Plankton uses shampoo to brainwash our crime fighters and
00:19:35six them on SpongeBob. They are only beaten thanks to the power of the Krabby Patty. 20,000 patties
00:19:40under the sea. Plankton competes with the Krusty Krab's mobile food stand, he gets chased by a monster,
00:19:45blah, blah, blah. You know why this is here. Why it's so high up. It's not a grand plan, nor does it
00:19:52succeed. But Plankton gets some of the hardest lines to compensate. You know the clip.
00:19:57You can't talk to my wife that way! What do you think this is? I think it's time for you to lose
00:20:01some weight, fatty! That's what it is! Hey! You can't talk to my grandson like that! Someone oughta
00:20:08put you in a mental hospital! Someone should put you in a box floating down the river, grandma!
00:20:14The Great Patty Caper. SpongeBob and Mr. Star have to go by train to retrieve the secret formula from a
00:20:19bank. Plankton stows away to do… well, you know what he wants. It's the entire point of the video.
00:20:24I really like how involved he is here. He fights. Tricks. Lies. All in person. Not through a proxy
00:20:30like earlier. He is getting his stubby, tiny fingers dirty. I like the part where Plankton dislodges the
00:20:36front car and thus nearly causes a senior citizen home to get destroyed. Perfect.
00:20:40Shellback Shenanigans. Minor tangent incoming. I've watched a metric ton of SpongeBob,
00:20:46but I always have trouble remembering this one. I remember the episode well and fine and everything,
00:20:51but I always, always, always, always get it confused with Shell Shocked, where Gary gets
00:20:55a shell broken, they go to Angry Jack Shell Emporium, yada yada. Plan-wise, Plankton disguises
00:21:00as Gary Wilson Jr., it doesn't work, and he gets brought to the vet. After some medical hijinks,
00:21:05he nearly wins, but Gary beats him up and chases him off. I'd say memorability is actually really good
00:21:10here. Besides what I said about the confusing episode names, but that might just be a me thing.
00:21:15Though, not for the perfect reasons, there are some fantastic screenshots of Plankton the snail
00:21:21getting abused, and I find that tablet image just a little bit too funny. The Hankering.
00:21:27Mr. Krabs gets a small addiction to chum. Let's not question the morality here. Plankton sees he can
00:21:32capitalize on this and trades a lifetime of chum for the formula. It nearly works, but of course Dr. P.A.
00:21:38Langton lets his hubris get the best of him, and attempts to short Mr. Krabs. It doesn't work,
00:21:43and long chum story short, he gets eaten. Perfect chemistry. In a very interesting team-up,
00:21:48Plankton works with Sandy to build a teleporter to yoink that formula. I like the concept. It's cool.
00:21:54I also like how Sandy was smart the entire episode and fully knew of the plan. Plankton was never
00:21:59going to win this one, but besides that, it's pretty okay.
00:22:02Drive-thru. Plankton tries to buy a Krabby Patty in the drive-thru. He gets ran over by an old fart who
00:22:07didn't even use his turn signal and has the audacity to go five below the speed limit even though I have
00:22:12some guy right behind me scraping my license plate. You know, some of us have places we'd like to go
00:22:17to. It's not like I'm in a rush on the road or anything, you know. Generally, most people like
00:22:20to actually make a decent progress on the road instead of going for a Sunday drive to admire
00:22:24all the lovely trees and cyclists on the road who are about to be crushed. No, no, no, no, no,
00:22:27it's fine. Just hold up the entire line for like 20 minutes, and Neptune forbid we get to a right
00:22:31turn and you have to stop completely in the road, but before we do that, we have to let some other
00:22:34poor soul go first even though you have the right of way. So doing this throws off the entire
00:22:37momentum and system that driving has in the first place, take your time, enjoy your drive,
00:22:42I hope your kids put you in a retirement home if you even had any. Walking the Plank.
00:22:48Ton. One of the episodes from the vacation specials, and it's just as forgettable as the rest.
00:22:52Plankton uses his cruise with Karen to steal the formula, but she finds out and goes haywire. Just
00:22:58enjoy the date for Neptune's sake, kinda just more of lockdown for love, but more boring but more
00:23:04successful. I don't know, man. Captain Pipsqueak. This just in. Local tiny madman Plankton joins the
00:23:10ranks of evil. He seems to have adopted a new moniker of Captain Pipsqueak. Certainly fits him
00:23:15if you ask me. He works with his new pals to grab the formula, and uh, they don't like that. And just
00:23:21surrender. Chum Frickasee. Let's recruit Squidward, who has a secret recipe for making Chum taste
00:23:27excellent. It just works with 16 times the detail until both Plankton and Squid's pride gets the better of
00:23:33him. Granny Tentacles shows up, re-enacts a scene from House Fancy, and gets the place destroyed.
00:23:38There have been other plans involving other characters' moms that are way better than this
00:23:42one. Fun. First. Plankton swipes the patty, but quickly gives it back after an impromptu
00:23:47torture session courtesy of the Sponge. The next plan is to befriend the SpongeBob to get the patty,
00:23:51but Plankton soon likes being his friend. But it's all a ruse by the end, and Plankton is foiled by
00:23:56concrete behind a cinema screen. It's a smart, mind-gaming plan, but both times Plankton fails to really think
00:24:02far ahead. It gets some points for giving us the fun song, but we'll see many better plans,
00:24:07and many worse plans. It's pretty simple, all things considered. It came from Goo Lagoon.
00:24:13It came from Goo Lagoon as a special? It's 22 minutes long? So chronologically,
00:24:19this is where my expertise falters a little bit. I tuned out basically right as Season 9 really
00:24:24started gaining momentum, so forgive me if I miss a few details. Plankton attempts to harness the purple
00:24:29goo from Goo Lagoon. It's really cool to see his plans, but he's foiled by ye olde classic,
00:24:34dynamite, wishing you well. The most simple, basic plan possible. He uses a wishing well to become
00:24:42tall so that he can go destroy stuff. It works, and SpongeBob and Krabs don't really seem concerned.
00:24:48Yup, married to money. Kinda weird, won't lie. Plankton disguises himself as a lovely doll
00:24:54lar. Bill and woos Mr. Krabs, hoping to swipe the formula from him. They tie the knot, but Krabs'
00:25:00tears short-circuit Kishina, leading to a failed plan. Let's move past this before someone makes
00:25:05the very obvious joke. There's also an extra plan at the start involving an army of sea bears,
00:25:09which is sick. Honestly, I kinda wanna see that more than this one. CopyBob, DittoPants.
00:25:14Alright, welcome back to Gene Modding in Ethics 355. I'm your professor, Dr. B. Tan, and today,
00:25:21I wanna highlight to you a quick story of how not to engage in splicing. Our focus is Sheldon J.
00:25:27Plankton, known megalomaniac and tiny one-celled organism. He wants a formula, so he copies 297
00:25:35SpongeBob clones. He fails to program them well, as they all eventually just turn into SpongeBob. I
00:25:40love the character list for this episode. Karen Plankton, Sheldon J. Plankton, SpongeBob SquarePants,
00:25:46297 SpongeBob SquarePants clones. Debut. Lame and Fortune. When literal reality-warping
00:25:53fortune cookies get dropped into Bikini Bottom, Plankton uses fear-mongering to win over the town.
00:25:58It works pretty well. Special note going to this funny image telling Krabs he's gonna flat-out die.
00:26:03Plankton got close, but messed up his own plan at the end. And last we see is him about to be eaten.
00:26:08Just a fun plan. Pineapple Invasion. We have a lengthy one here. Plankton, who somehow just grabbed a
00:26:14skunk from the surface, uses it to empty out the Krusty Krab. Before we go any further,
00:26:18are we really just gonna gloss over that? He got an entire skunk, air helmet, and everything. After
00:26:24that, he attempts to blow open the safe, but finds another one. Due to the chaos, SpongeBob is left
00:26:29with the formula, which he takes home. Gary is now the sole defender of the formula. Sheldon tries
00:26:33multiple methods of getting it, such as disguises or infiltrating Gary's shell. I love the visuals in
00:26:38the shell. Especially this one, with the shells acting like mountains in the background. He eventually
00:26:43finds the formula, but it turns out to be a normal, not floating, shopping list. Delusional from the
00:26:48shell fumes, Plankton believes he is victorious, but instead, he's actually iCarly. That might be
00:26:53the stupidest joke I've ever made in my life. Alright, I need a break, dude. I don't know if
00:26:58you guys can tell my voice is given out. I don't know how people can record hours worth of voiceover.
00:27:04This hurts. Salsa and Bacillus. I forgot about this episode, and Squid's house having the clown hair
00:27:11caught me completely off guard. Plankton plans to turn everyone as smart as Patrick,
00:27:15but falls victim to it himself. Soon, everyone in the town is infected, and Sandy and Karen work
00:27:21together in a great team-up to save the town. I like it. It's a good episode and a good plan.
00:27:25Plankton retires. We have a cluster of plans here. First, Plankton rides up on a mechanical seahorse,
00:27:31and jetpacks his way into the Krusty Krab safe. It's a fake, and he gets crushed. Next up,
00:27:36good old thievery. He finds a patty left out, takes it home, and finds out it's a fake.
00:27:41Alright, okay, zero to two here. Next, yoink it from a customer, but Krabs invested in anti-air
00:27:47defenses and takes the patty back. Okay, how about the safe again? Nope, just a honey trap,
00:27:52or jelly trap, whatever you want to call it. Okay, at the end of the line here, jump down some guy's
00:27:57stomach, and of course Krabs is there. Of course, yeah, why not? Fed up with all of this, Plankton retires.
00:28:03We journey to Dullesville, where he really has given up. Krabs and Sponge follow him,
00:28:07but soon discover, oh no, shocker, it's a robot. The real Plankton is back to stealing from the safe.
00:28:13Outplayed once again though, the Dullesville, Krabs, and Sponge were also robots. Can't blame
00:28:18the guy for wanting to quit, this is so tiring. Plankton's decoy bot and Robocrabs in steel pants
00:28:24do get to enjoy the rest of their short lives though, so that's nice. Pest of the West.
00:28:29Good ol' Deadeye Plankton runs Bikini Gulch with no mercy. One day, a lone chili slinging
00:28:35sheriff rocks into town and defeats the infamous legend. This is quite different to the usual
00:28:40plans. Instead of watching Plankton take action, he's on defense the whole time. It's a nice inverse.
00:28:45Pretty good. Spin the bottle. A new way to steal the formula? Let's just dive into the bottle itself.
00:28:51This doesn't go too well however, and Plankton eventually finds himself slammed into a ketchup
00:28:56bottle alongside Squidward, Krabs, and of course, Patrick.
00:28:59Shopping list. Sponge, and eventually Sandy, set out to grab three legendary ingredients to make
00:29:04a Krabby Patty. Yebby. Yebby. Yeti crab fur, milk from a fang-toothed fish, and some dandruff from the
00:29:11best ghost in town. Plankton swipes it all at the end though, but it was for naught as this was a decoy
00:29:16so Krabs could go by the actual ingredients. Plankton ends up blowing up the chum bucket. Simple plan,
00:29:20nothing else to say. You've heard this line over and over, but it's okay.
00:29:25Pat and Nokia. Philosophy major Sheldon disguises as Patrick's conscience to go get that formula.
00:29:30Patrick's actual conscience, that truly does exist, I didn't think that was possible,
00:29:35shows up and they beat the shell out of Plankton. Nice and simple plan.
00:29:39Sponge on the run. So, Plankton at first successfully nabs the formula, but falls into a fryer alongside
00:29:45his copy of the formula. Later, he happily sends off SpongeBob and Patrick to go find Gary,
00:29:49which easily leads to him getting the formula. And he does. He takes it. So why in Davy Jones's
00:29:56locker is this in C tier? He hands it back. Screw your morals, Plankton. For shame. Man,
00:30:04it was right there. Plankton's old chum. Instead of fighting for a formula, here Plankton just wants
00:30:09to get rid of his trash. No matter where he goes, all the landfills are, well, filled. He encounters
00:30:15SpongeBob and tricks him into hiding the chum around town in celebration of Chum Day. This backfires
00:30:21and a sanitary inspector forces Plankton to eat all the chum. It's fine. I don't know what you want
00:30:26me to say. The crusty bucket. Plankton makes a clone spliced with his and Crab's DNA. Kind of
00:30:32wasn't expecting that to be a reoccurring topic on this video so far, but okay. It works, actually a
00:30:37little bit too well, as the new creature, dubbed Plank Crab, takes over both businesses. His powerful
00:30:42handshake can do anything, so original crabs and Plankton team up to take down the duke.
00:30:47They sick both parts of the clone onto itself, causing a split. Crabs request them to make a
00:30:52clean handshake, which ruptures reality itself and kills the clone. The Ghost of Plankton. In a spooky
00:30:58team-up, Plankton works with the undersea equivalent of the devil, the Flying Dutchman. At the start,
00:31:03Plankton realizes ghosts can't actually move that many physical objects, including the formula. After
00:31:08training in the sacred arts of the spirits, Plankton still can't move the formula. He returns home,
00:31:13only to suddenly find everyone gathered around his funeral. And after a mild case of possession,
00:31:18Plankton is finally back and alive. Well, not for long. Blood is thicker than grease. Plankton's
00:31:25family is moved in and sets up shop with the spud bucket. Surprisingly, they mash a good potato and
00:31:31outsell both the crusty crab and the chum bucket. Crabs tempts Plankton with the formula and how it's now
00:31:35worthless, so Plankton sets off a plan to end the family business to save the status quo. It's the
00:31:41usual ideas, terrorism, releasing the Patrick, and more. None of them work, however. Can't beat him,
00:31:46join him, then Plankton works for his family and is pretty satisfied with his life. But as expected,
00:31:51he messes stuff up when he uses chum as an ingredient and promptly ends the business.
00:31:56Oh well, it was fun seeing his family, especially how some of the minor family are from the imagined
00:32:01family in Plankton's Army from Season 3. Not related to the plan at all, but I love this line from Spongebob.
00:32:15Never thought I would hear Sponge reference philosophy and civics. I wonder what's next?
00:32:20Buddhism? Sheldon Squarepants. Who can you always trust with secrets and super deep, important things
00:32:25you don't want most people to know? Your siblings! Which is why Plankton joins the Squarepants family.
00:32:30He endures many trials from Spongebob to increase their brotherly love, including a fun game of catch
00:32:36with a side of hot sauce, lawn mowing, and eventually a tour of the metal shredder in the junkyard.
00:32:41Plankton finally gets close enough to hear SpongeBob's big secret, the ultimate truth he's been hiding
00:32:46forever from all of us. Oh right, yeah, no, no, not that one. Plankton has to reveal his secret first.
00:32:52He uses a tough guy act to be stoic and strong, hiding his weakness and shame from everyone he
00:32:58knows and cares about, but deep down, he fears this will just alienate him and leave him alone.
00:33:04SpongeBob uses a clip on Ty. Plankton, not getting the desired result, tries to take a different approach
00:33:09to the formula, but he is instead given to the stars, where he now becomes Patrick's brother.
00:33:14Oh brother, Plankton. Oh brother indeed.
00:33:22You're going to pay.
00:33:36These plans are good, better than average, decent success rate, and quite memorable.
00:33:40They have a lot more creativity than anything that came before. You're going to pay.
00:33:45Phone. Plankton brings out a laser to strike right through the crusty crab, and he's just
00:33:50giving the deed to the place. Okay, we win. It was in the title zone though, so not real.
00:33:56Fear of a Krabby Patty. A lot of people are going to be confused here. So Dr. Peter Lankton is not
00:34:02Plankton, which I actually brought up in my Plankton College video. I'll only talk about Dr. Lankton's
00:34:08plan here because so many people get the two confused. Peter's goal is to drive out the crusty crab into working
00:34:1424 hours a day, hoping to drive SpongeBob insane. And it works flawlessly. He recommends himself as a
00:34:21therapist and uses this cover to attempt to grab the formula. He has a wide variety of tactics,
00:34:26such as cards, but always ends up with him getting crushed with a piano. He very nearly succeeds,
00:34:31but as we have found out throughout this video, you never ever want to doubt SpongeBob. The fry cook's
00:34:36will and good-natured soul wins in the end. Lankton lost here, and worst? He didn't even get paid for all
00:34:42the therapy sessions. Luckily, I have just the sponsor. That being BetterHelp someone's in the
00:34:47kitchen with Sandy. Yay. This isn't an episode review. I have to view this through the lens of
00:34:52a Plankton plan, and by that rule set, the plan is really solid, even if the episode just... sucks.
00:34:59Plankton steals Sandy's fur, don't ask, and uses it to sneak into the crusty crab. He has to put up
00:35:04with SpongeBob's sheer stupidity, but nearly yoinks the formula. He's caught by Sandy right at the end,
00:35:09and suffers in a jar of mustard. Spy Buddies. Is this a good plan at all? No. Is it very memorable?
00:35:16Maybe, but I currently have Splatoon music blasting right now while I write Booyah! Dopey Dick. I
00:35:23already used up all the jokes in my video on this episode, so let's both agree to keep it mature.
00:35:28In a time long past, Fishmail Tentacles gains a job on Ye Olde Pineapple to join Captain Spongehab on a
00:35:34quest to hunt down the legendary albino jellyfish, Dopey Dick. But along their way, we run into
00:35:40Caponet Krabs and Planky the Parrot, who betray SpongeBob and Pilfer our catch. In order to get
00:35:46that valuable jelly, they suck our dopey dick! I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself, okay?
00:35:54Anyways, Spongehab frees our jelly friend, who then destroys the vessel manned by Krabs and Planky.
00:35:58Fun episode, fun plan. It's always nice to see them team up. Hello, Bikini Bottom. I always forget that
00:36:04Squid and the Needlefish have cameos in this episode. Besides that, Mr. Krabs takes our duo of
00:36:09Squid and Sponge to tour the world. He sells the Krusty Krab. Plankton encounters it and just
00:36:14can't afford to buy it. When he finally gets enough, Krabs has swiped it back. I just like the
00:36:18thought of him trying to buy the Krusty Krab. Pretty funny. Eek! An urchin. Three Eyes attempts
00:36:23to use glasses to blend into the crowd, but probably should've just wore contacts. Er, a contact. This
00:36:29turns into an enemy of my enemy situation as Plankton and the crew work together to stop a sea urchin.
00:36:34He then disguises himself as a sexy lady urchin, but doesn't go as planned. Through using the
00:36:40God-given power of air conditioning, Willis Carrier, you're my hero, they freeze the urchins. Both are
00:36:45good plans. I like them. Jailbreak. Plankton, a huge enthusiast of the Escapist series, uses his
00:36:51infamy to bust out and ideally nab that formula. We get a great escape set piece as he works with his
00:36:56fans, using Chum as plastic explosives and other tools and weaponry. Breaking out, our squad has their
00:37:01sights on the Krusty Krab. The police have other ideas though, and set up an ambush inside the safe.
00:37:06Plan doesn't work, but pretty good. Kinda just repeating myself here, but I don't have much to say.
00:37:12Plankton Paranoia. This is more of a plan by accident. It's the anniversary of the first formula
00:37:17theft attempt, and Krabs is losing it. After spending about 48 hours awake, Krabs is delusional. He bans
00:37:24everyone from the Krusty Krab, Sponge and Squid included. After getting squidnapped, Krabs has to rescue Mr.
00:37:29Tortellini, but this is a ruse. It's actually just a surprise party to celebrate everything.
00:37:34At the end, Plankton does try to nab the formula, but it's stopped. I really like this one image of
00:37:39a tied up squid looking at a Krabby Patty. I don't know why, but just, it speaks to me.
00:37:44Company Picnic. I don't know why, but the idea of Plankton attempting to outshine a Krusty Krab
00:37:49picnic feels so fresh. He nearly wins over Mr. Krabs and Squid, but SpongeBob discovers his
00:37:55holographic illusion. I like how one of the rides Plankton showed them was revealed to be a
00:37:59literal corpse with meat still on the bone. Is this an eel? Is it split down the middle?
00:38:05That's so metal. I love it. Pretty good plan. I enjoyed it.
00:38:09C-H-U-M-S. They're just... chums. A plan to go through the Krusty Krab's air ducts quickly fails
00:38:14as SpongeBob floods it with a hose. Plankton sloshes down into the sewer and meets a bunch of
00:38:19sentient chum. Can I just say, this is a fun idea. Plankton's chum coming alive. He trains up his nasty
00:38:26friends and prepares for war on the Krusty Krab. He actually gets pretty close, and I love the
00:38:30various techniques and designs that the monster gets, especially a modern day tank. SpongeBob
00:38:34winds up washing the creature back down into the sewer, so it's a failure. Just a neat idea,
00:38:39honestly. The Legend of Bukini Bottom. Scare Tactics. That is the name of Plankenstein's game,
00:38:45and of all things to reference, he goes for Soylent Green, which threw me for a bit of a loop. After
00:38:50having his soul removed, Plankton tries a last-ditch effort to work with the Flying Dutchman. It does
00:38:56not work. I wonder if he got to visit the Fly of Despair at some point. Fun plan, and as per usual,
00:39:02excellent visuals. The Krusty Slammer. Finding out about the gold mine that is private prison
00:39:06ownership, Warden Krabs manages the new Krusty Slammer. He tortures Plankton for a bit, but
00:39:11eventually his sentence is up, but Krabs isn't done. No, not anywhere close. He brings in more prisoners,
00:39:18and takes in more cash. Eventually, he gets fed up with their antics involving SpongeBob,
00:39:22and releases them, which, I would like to add, is illegal. In turn, Krabs gets arrested and sent to
00:39:28a new prison. The Chum Bucket. Plankton ends with a victory. He didn't get the formula, but, you know,
00:39:33wins a win. King Plankton. Hey, me editing the video, you should put in some, like,
00:39:38trumpet fanfare or something, that'd be kind of funny.
00:39:40Sheldon Macbeth finds himself in SpongeBob's Sea Monkey Aquarium, and attempts to rule over them
00:39:48with a fist of iron. Turns out Plankton is a sucky leader, who would have guessed,
00:39:53and his subjects stage an uprising against the Mad Tyrant. I love the shot of Plankton tied to the
00:39:58two pillars. There's just something so ominous about that image. Plankton doesn't win, but it's
00:40:02one of the few times the formula doesn't really seem to be on his mind. He just wants to rule,
00:40:06which I respect. Plankton's intern. SpongeBob can't be fooled. Squidward is too smart. Patrick
00:40:12is too dumb. Who can we get that still has good access to the formula? We even went after Krabs'
00:40:17mom. Spoiler for later. So instead, let's get his daughter. Plankton hires Pearl as an intern for
00:40:23a summer job. Pearl, under orders from her dad, must obey her boss. The boss. Metal Gear Solid 3.
00:40:30Snake Eater. Get it? Both are voiced by Lori Allen. This reference is going to be so niche,
00:40:36man. I hope at least somebody gets it. Anyways, Big and Tiny slide into the Krusty Krab,
00:40:40and Pearl, using the legendary scientific invention of a combination code, breaks into the safe.
00:40:45Plankton has it in his grasp, but Krab shows up, in addition to SpongeBob, who was here sleep cooking.
00:40:51After tense negotiations, Pearl swaps sides back to her dad, so Plankton loses. Pretty great team-up.
00:40:56That's one of the things I really like about Season 11 and onwards. There's a lot more experimentation in
00:41:01cast dynamics. Like, go check the episode list a year or two from now. I bet we're going to have
00:41:05some episodes about, like, I don't know, Larry and Squidward doing something. I don't know what,
00:41:12but something. The flower plot. Plankton moves away, and a new business is set over the chum bucket.
00:41:18Stop me if this sounds familiar at all. He disguises himself as Petunia, a lovely florist. The plan is
00:41:24simple. Sell flowers with explosives, take the Krusty Krab. Plankton has a change of heart, though,
00:41:29and saves it all last minute. And, uh, Squidward falls in love with him. Fun plan, and felt
00:41:34surprisingly fresh. Also, Karen as a sunflower is a great design. Also, also, there were some
00:41:39cut elements of this plan, namely Petunia selling more flowers to Sandy and Larry, but also to a
00:41:43jellyfish. Sandy rocks that daffodil. Just saying. Also, also, also, early on we see a moving truck
00:41:49filled with a few machines that we covered. Nice detail. Also, also, also, also, and finally,
00:41:54not related to the plan at all, but pretty much all of the lovely flowers were modeled after real
00:41:59ones. I love the attention to detail, and especially how some of them are coral. I just
00:42:03want to make an entire video on SpongeBob backgrounds. They have no right to be this
00:42:07gorgeous. Like, ugh. Art. Beautiful. Krabby Road. Plankton forms the legendary band,
00:42:14Plankton and the Patty Stealers. Plankton's plan does fail, but I can't ever get over monster buff,
00:42:19Squidward. It feels so wrong, but so right. We've got the whole band. SpongeBob on guitar,
00:42:26Plankton on keyboard, Buffword on bass, and my boy Patrick on the best instrument. I will not take
00:42:31drum slander on this channel, thanks. The second movie. Plankton begins the second movie with a
00:42:36colossal food fight involving planes, mechs, and tanks. It's fun watching this war, and Plankton does
00:42:41manage to partially get the formula, but the burger beard stuff ruins the plan, which will make Plankton
00:42:46eventually team up with SpongeBob. I like how Plankton and SpongeBob's dynamic is the focus
00:42:50of the second movie. It really branches out in new ways. He only really wins when Burgerbeard is
00:42:55defeated, but hey, he at least learns stuff about teamwork. Welcome to Binary Bottom. In the deep,
00:43:01dark depths of the title zone, no, not that one, we find a world inhabited by robotic equivalents of the
00:43:08crew. Gary, Squid, and Sponge all run into the grease bucket, where Plankbot vows his revenge. It's
00:43:13gonna take him quite a lot of time though, considering the windup. We do get to see a
00:43:17flesh and blood cairn, which is really cool. This isn't a plan, I just wanted to talk about Binary
00:43:22Bottom. The inventiveness is off the charts. I would kill to be able to see the process of making one
00:43:27of these episodes. Does this belong in B-tier? Not necessarily, but I wanted to help break up the
00:43:33section. Single-Cell Defense. Feeling weak after getting stepped on non-stop, Plankton learns self-defense
00:43:39from Sandy. He quickly becomes a master and demolishes anyone looking to splat him on the
00:43:43sidewalk. This power quickly goes to his head and he begins his attack on the Krusty Krab.
00:43:48Krabs is thought ahead though, and hired security ninjas to defend the formula. In a very fun and
00:43:53especially charming fight, Plankton defeats the three ninjas of various shoe weaponry. Sharp
00:43:57stilettos and shoe nunchucks fly, but they do little to stop Plankton. Even three pairs of spiky
00:44:03cleats fail to stop this tiny madman. He kicks down the down. Wow, I wrote that in the script.
00:44:10He kicks down the door, ready to finally best Krabs once and for all. Except, Krabs doesn't
00:44:15have feet. Plankton's only weakness. Krabs takes him down in one shot. Concept-wise, I love it.
00:44:21He gets pretty far, especially with the security ninjas. The SpongeBob SquarePants musical. Yeah,
00:44:27baby, we're bringing up the musical, and yes, I'm going to glaze it non-stop for this section. By the
00:44:32way, spoilers if you care about this. I don't know if anyone cares about this, but I'd rather be safer
00:44:37than sorry. Skip to the timestamp, you know the drill. This version of SpongeBob SquarePants finds
00:44:42out the bikini bottom is soon to be destroyed by Mount Humongous, a nearby volcano. The town is in
00:44:47chaos as every fish fights for what they should do. SpongeBob wants to stay and come up with a plan,
00:44:52same with Sandy, but our eyepatch wearing Plankton, played by the fantastic Wesley Taylor in the live
00:44:57on stage version, hatches a scheme. Let's order an escape hatch, but have it actually be a collective
00:45:02hypnosis machine. Everyone will have to eat chum then. Just ignore the possibility of dying,
00:45:08cuz, you know, you sabotaged the escape craft. Perfect. And in response to criticism from SpongeBob
00:45:14and Sandy, he busts out the old classic weapon. Literal racism. He turns the entire town on Sandy,
00:45:20who is their only hope, though SpongeBob manages to inspire to continue with a strategy to save the town.
00:45:26He, Sandy, and Patrick march for the volcano and have to climb fearful spires of magma,
00:45:30molten rock, and ladders. During this time, Plankton and Karen show up in the audience and
00:45:35blast the mountain, causing an avalanche. Luckily, our crew survives this easily, stops the destruction,
00:45:41returns home, and quells the chaos. Plankton also gets a rap segment and a song.
00:45:46Peek. I'm skipping over a ton of details here, especially everything with Gavin Lee as Squidward,
00:45:50best part, hands down. Please give it a watch, I just wanted to include it here cuz the musical
00:45:55deserves as much attention as possible, please. In tierless terms, the plan doesn't work, but come
00:46:00on, it's a creative musical that has Plankton wearing this sick outfit. How can it not be anything
00:46:06but a B or above?
00:46:31Heavy hitters, that is what A tier holds. Consistently strong and fresh.
00:46:36Some of them even have potential of making it to S, but have some minor scratch or flaw that
00:46:41drops him down. Plankton. Where it all began. A very basic and simple plan,
00:46:46but set the gold standard for all of Sheldon's future attempts. He wants the formula and sets
00:46:51out to mind control SpongeBob. Not that mind control, no, I mean literal control. He utterly defeats
00:46:58SpongeBob and humiliates that mediocre clarinet player as well. Right at the end, he stumbles and
00:47:03falls victim to the siren call of the Krabby Patty. For a first attempt, Plankton knocks it out of the
00:47:08park. Rightfully earns his placement in A tier. Spot returns. Alright people, gather round. This is
00:47:15the last time I cover the heist plan, so follow it well. First, twins distract the floor. They hold
00:47:20attention on themselves. Everyone loves a cute amoeba. Why not too? Second, the acrobat hits the vents,
00:47:26sneaks through the room. He avoids the guard sea star, cracks open the window, and lets demolitions in.
00:47:31Third, demolitions puppy does what demolitions puppy does best. Blows the safe. Fourth, secure
00:47:36the target. 4.5. Comic relief. Keeps the mood light. Five, enjoy the satisfaction of victory.
00:47:43Any questions? No? Well, ramblers, let's get ramblin'. Sadly this plan never made it to step five.
00:47:50SpongeBob managed to stop the amoeba puppy heist. I love Spot, can't go wrong with him. Well deserved in
00:47:55this tier. Single cell anniversary. Come on. I can't make fun of this plan. Plankton looks for a gift
00:48:01for his wife and comes up with a nice song. Sure, is it for the goal of the Krabby Patty? Yeah, but
00:48:07give him some slack. Just a nice plan. Nothing mean to say here. Enemy in-law. This gets an A tier just for
00:48:14the sheer balls it takes to execute this plan. You have someone you dislike, marry their mom, become their
00:48:21stepdad, and steal their trade secrets to screw them over. Plankton lacks charisma though and gets
00:48:27clocked by mama crabs. Memorability is high on this one. Everything else is low. But man, that one
00:48:34category? Insanely high. Just carries the entire thing. Chum Bucket Supreme. So, dear viewer, who is
00:48:43the smartest person in Bikini Bottom? Yep, you're right, it's Patrick. Do you think it's a good idea to
00:48:49hire this starfish to lead your marketing campaign? If you say no, then you are a fool.
00:48:54Chum is Fum might be the greatest slogan I have ever heard, and it shows. Customers are drawn non-stop
00:49:00to see what the buzz is all about. It works too. The fish happily eat the chum. As a business, this is
00:49:06like the greatest concept of all time. How do we top this? Easy. Fum is chum. Instant classic. Plankton,
00:49:14like most business CEOs, fails to respect Patrick and screws up everything. Kind of reminds me of
00:49:20a few companies. Huh. SpongeBob on Parade. I've probably said this a ton by now, but this is so
00:49:27fresh. Mr. Krabs assigns Sponge and Squid to build a parade float for free marketing. SpongeBob builds
00:49:32a model Krabby Patty with a giant secret formula prop. It's quite authentic too, considering it has the
00:49:38actual formula on it. Plankton catches wind and plans for float to float combat. He slams into the
00:49:43back and crashes through the entire parade and snags the comically oversized formula. Catching me off
00:49:48guard on my first watch, the gas station float follows up and just blows everything up. Plankton
00:49:55does, however, technically win. We have confirmation Krabby Patties are made with salt. Holy fish paste.
00:50:04Besides Plankton winning, this is one of my favorites from season 13. Creativity is off the charts. Honestly,
00:50:11I recommend you go and give it a watch. They even got my boy Patrick Knotstar in it.
00:50:15Krabs a la mode. A very nice yet simple take on a formula plan. Can't get into the Krusty Krab? Why not freeze it over?
00:50:22SpongeBob's ingenuity manages to beat Plankton though, so he uses his last resort. The Clam Boney.
00:50:28He gets to the door, but is body blocked. So close, yet so far. Frozen Face Off. Sick episode. I'm starting to
00:50:36realize most of the plans that stick out to me and get decent ratings are the super memorable ones.
00:50:41I like Frozen Face Off. Plankton loads all of his treasure in one piece and tells the world before
00:50:45he is executed to go and find it. Sorry, wrong show. Plankton hosts a sled race, serving to distract
00:50:50everyone so he can waltz into the Krusty Krab. I don't think I've ever encountered a Frozen Face Off
00:50:55hater in my life. Plankton constantly tries to open up the safe, eventually resorting to nuclear means.
00:51:01He gets it, but gets caught at the last minute. But he is a failsafe. This also doesn't work,
00:51:05but it's a nice measure. It's a SpongeBob Christmas. I love this plan. Playing on a
00:51:10technicality, Plankton schemes to become the nicest person in all of Bikini Bottom,
00:51:15by making everyone else worse. With this, Santa will show up just in time for Christmas and hand
00:51:20him the secret formula. As we have seen, and probably will see once again, Plankton underestimates
00:51:25SpongeBob. This time, his unending joy for the holidays. SpongeBob uses his joy to undo the
00:51:31Jerktonium fruitcakes Plankton provided. I can't be a jerk to this episode. It's Christmas! Also,
00:51:36again, drop-dead gorgeous art style. The Krusty Krab training video. This gets an A,
00:51:41mostly for memorability. He hijacks a patty and uses robot legs to ride it away. It gets easily caught,
00:51:47and Plankton remarks he should have gotten the turbo. Short, sweet, and to the point. Was this ever
00:51:52going to work? No, but it's a great line. Evil spatula. Plankton engineers a fake spatula to
00:51:58fool SpongeBob. With it, he enacts his greatest plan. Every journey begins with a single step.
00:52:06This is Phase 1. Infiltrate the Krusty Krab. Phase 2. Destroy the SpongeBob. Phase 3. Send in the
00:52:15Trojan Seons! Phase 4. Fool Despondge. Phase 5. Skewer the Rikon Johnson. Phase 6. Wheel the Fist of Fire.
00:52:29Phase 7. Raise the ... Wait, no, Krabs found out about the plan. Handamonium. In a really fun concept,
00:52:37Plankton brings the fist of the chum bucket building to life,
00:52:40and bets on an arm wrestling match for that formula. He wins, easily, and rides his mount
00:52:45to the Krusty Krab. But, as with most Plankton plans, it falls short right at the end, as he
00:52:51now has a hand in destroying Bikini Bottom. Was that a good pun? No. Hands down. SpongeBob and
00:52:56Plankton disguise as a beautiful hand, but alas, it is a trick. Welp, with that plan failed, all
00:53:02gloves are now off. We hit Glove World and call upon the legend himself, Hans. Uncontested, he
00:53:08easily beats the chum fist, and the day is saved. I like the creativity, and I've also
00:53:12ran out of hand puns, so I gotta move on. Say aww. Tired of being called cute, Plankton builds
00:53:18a mechanical monstrosity to attack people when they say aww. It's not even for the formula,
00:53:23he just wants to get revenge on people he doesn't like. I respect the tenacity. His plan works way
00:53:29too well, as he and the entire town become victims and have to escape. Fun plan, fun idea, really good
00:53:34episode. Aw man, I love this episode. Wait, what? No, no, wait, no! SpongeBob's big birthday blowout.
00:53:42We have a double whammy. In Bikini Bottom, everyone is preparing for a surprise party for SpongeBob. Pat
00:53:48distracts him on the surface, while the others decorate the pineapple. Plankton sees an opportunity
00:53:52to grab the Krusty Krab keys, but gets squashed. This plan is fine and supposed to be small. That's
00:53:58not why it's in A tier. Some lunatic arrives at the trusty slab, armed with oh my god, that's a gun.
00:54:04Okay, this guy means business. Luckily, a local karate enthusiast customer takes him out. Yeah,
00:54:09this plan is also simple and basic, but come on. It's the live action scene from SpongeBob's big
00:54:14birthday blowout. You have to give it respect. Plankton and the Beanstalk. In a fantasy land,
00:54:19Jack Plankton buys a magic bean and shows it off to his wife, Clockwork Karen, who berates him for
00:54:24wasting money. Luckily, Jack's beanstalk skyrockets and takes him up to ye olde Krusty Krab. He finds a
00:54:30giant porous goose who can create legendary golden patties. Before he can run off though,
00:54:35Jack runs into the giant. Our David and Goliath fight, and Jack busts out his laser cause screw
00:54:40you and defeats the giant. He then uses part of his corpse to serve as his new restaurant. So,
00:54:45by all accounts from my criteria, that's a really strong plan. It was a bit of a gamble to buy a
00:54:50magic bean, but hey, it worked. I'm not sure whether to put this in A or S tier. It's right on the edge.
00:54:56I guess we'll see where this ends up in the final ranking. Who knows?
00:55:12The best of the best. The ones that need no introduction. You should probably know these
00:55:28ones before I even get to them. Imitation crabs. Originally, I wrote this to be an A tier,
00:55:34but I had to change it. It feels wrong not giving this iconic plan anything but S. Plankton builds a
00:55:39robo-crabs and fools Spongebob into taking out the real one. On his steps to this,
00:55:44Squidward, being the best character in the show, sees right through it. But,
00:55:48robo-crabs suggests taking the day off and hey, good enough deal for me. He does have to put up
00:55:52with more of Spongebob's antics, but gets within physical reach of the formula. Crabs comes back,
00:55:57but Plankton even beats him in the trust department. He's got it all in the bag,
00:56:01just have to secure the formula and hope no pennies enter the coin-operated self-destruct and oh no.
00:56:07Definitely one of the worst ideas Plankton has ever had. It's pretty much the only thing bogging
00:56:12down the plan. Without it, this would probably be top three. Plankton's army. Now this is how
00:56:18you make a plan. Tired of being stepped on or having his civil rights ignored, Sheldon contacts
00:56:23his cousins. After a bit of bartering and embarrassment, his strike force sieges the
00:56:27Krusty Krab and easily topples crabs and Squidward. Even against a large safe vault, the family easily
00:56:33cracks it open and Plankton gets his tiny stubborn fingers onto the formula. He opens it and is
00:56:38horrified at the ingredient list of Plankton. He and the family scatter to the wind, not realizing
00:56:44it was a last ditch scare tactic. The plan does fail, yeah, but can you blame him? If you found
00:56:49out someone was claiming to cannibalize you or your species, I'd be pretty terrified too. He had
00:56:54victory in his hands, but chose to flee for fear of his life. Squid does later remark the real formula
00:57:00is hidden in Krabs' mattress, which is a smart ploy. Regardless, really good plan with little
00:57:05weakness, but stopped by something Plankton really couldn't have seen coming. Chum Caverns. This is
00:57:10probably my hottest take today. I do believe Chum Caverns belongs in S-Tier. Plankton attempts
00:57:15to burrow underground to snag the formula, but finds himself stuck in a cave. He finds these...
00:57:20things, which still don't have any trivia for their creation to my knowledge. Like, this is a huge
00:57:25discovery. There is a fairly sentient group of creatures stuck underground,
00:57:29likely without a way to the surface. Wonder if they'll ever return. Plankton manages to tame and
00:57:33befriend them, to which he uses the new Chum Caverns as a new restaurant and tourism attraction.
00:57:38It works incredibly well. Plankton makes Bank. Like, Bankton. He even has a gift shop. When does stuff
00:57:46start going wrong? When Krabs punches his way in. Trying to defend his rightfully earned business from
00:57:52Krabs, he accidentally winds up caving both restaurants in. But the plan works, is memorable,
00:57:58and passes the criteria with flying colors. I still stand by what I say. This? This is S-Tier.
00:58:04Bottle burglars. He got it. He got the formula. Plankton. Sheldon J. Plankton, owner of the Chum
00:58:11Bucket and college graduate, got the Krabby Patty formula. Sponge and Squid accidentally threw it out with
00:58:16the trash. In a beautiful twist, Plankton now has to defend his newly found treasure. I'm gonna be on
00:58:22honest, I really like bottle burglars. I think it's really solid. This isn't even a plankton plan,
00:58:27but it feels so weird seeing SpongeBob SquarePants in high definition. Even though I've seen so many
00:58:32new episodes, I still can't get over how good this show looks. Fun plan. Very fun episode,
00:58:38fun premise, just fun everything. One of my favorites from season 11, just shy of reaching top 3.
00:58:45The first movie. I mean, what were you expecting? This is the peak of plans, the zenith of the schemes.
00:58:51Plan Z. Steal Neptune's crown, frame crabs, and take over the whole world with bucket helmets.
00:58:56His plan is successful. Neptune, like the bald idiot that he is, falls for the plan instantly.
00:59:02SpongeBob and Patrick go to Shell City to get that crown back? Just hire a mercenary to go kill them,
00:59:07who, in a roundabout way, ends up achieving that. The only person left in town who could stop him,
00:59:12Squidward, foolishly announces his entire plan to Plankton and is, well, taken care of. Plankton wins here,
00:59:19and he gets within seconds of crabs dying, though it's stopped by the knucklehead McSpazitron Wizard.
00:59:24Even when this derails his plan, he shows off his Umbrella and takes control of Neptune.
00:59:30Backup plan on backup plan, Plankton is prepared this time around. SpongeBob manages to defeat him
00:59:36though, but hey, give Plankton credit here. This was a near complete victory. Easily earns an S tier.
00:59:42Also, there was a popular clip going around of a re-screening of the movie in a Chicago theater,
00:59:47and I just want to show off this clip. I love this community so much. Dunces and Dragons.
00:59:56Hear ye, hear ye. Gathered around for a classical myth. Planktonamore the legendary wizard sits atop
01:00:02his stone tower. His plan? Simple. Destroy King Krabs and take over all of Bikini Bottomshire.
01:00:09Krabby Patties haven't been invented yet, so can't rely on a formula here. The plan is literally perfect.
01:00:14Planktonamore has control of a giant dragon jellyfish who happily does his bidding. He burns down
01:00:20schools, retirement homes, even ye olde bowling alley. His jellyfish also kidnaps Princess Pearl,
01:00:25and he is even aware of the time traveling philosophy that includes SpongeBob and Patrick.
01:00:29Even though the adventurers reach the peak of the tower, Planktonamore is not worried and
01:00:33sixes jellyfish on him. No one is a match for him at all. It is a complete landslide victory. Except,
01:00:40Sponge feeds it a Krabby Patty from the future. Planktonamore could not have known about this.
01:00:45How was he supposed to know a hero from the future would happen to bring a sandwich that your
01:00:49minion would love? Planktonamore just got screwed here. If it wasn't for something completely outside
01:00:55of his control, he would've won. He has the stakes, the drama, everything. But for me,
01:01:01I think there is one plan that is greater.
01:01:13there is one plan that is Åžimdiye and
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01:01:35He is go worthy .
01:02:10The Algae's Always Greener.
01:02:14Yep, bet you weren't expecting this.
01:02:17When I first drafted this idea, I thought Algae would be like B or A tier, but after
01:02:22thinking for a while, I'm confident in my guess of this being first place.
01:02:26Plankton uses a life-switching machine to swap into a world where he owns the Krusty Krab
01:02:30and Krabs runs the Chum Bucket.
01:02:32By definition, Plankton's plan here is completely successful.
01:02:36He runs the Krusty Krab, has access to the formula, and easy access to the Krabby Patty.
01:02:42Where he is dragged down, however, is in his realization of being Krabs.
01:02:47Constantly hounded by a naked guy with non-stop threats and hectic chaos, Plankton breaks after
01:02:54not even a full shift as manager.
01:02:56It's a great way of making him realize how annoying he is in the main world.
01:03:00Not that that stops him, though.
01:03:01In a rare moment of supreme victory, Plankton escapes and is gladly content with eating
01:03:07his holographic meatloaf.
01:03:09Does his plan succeed?
01:03:11Yes, in the technical sense, and yes, in the moral victory sense.
01:03:15The overall appearance is great, and he easily swaps lives.
01:03:19Everyone remembers Algae's Always Greener.
01:03:21All of the criteria is easily fulfilled.
01:03:24A glad first place entry for all of Plankton's plans.
01:03:31Since I forgot to include it last time in this kind of video, here is a complete recap of
01:03:53the rankings.
01:03:53Also, to make my life worse in the future when editing, this is going to be all in one take.
01:03:59Oh boy.
01:04:01Alright, let's get started.
01:04:03F tier.
01:04:04PL1413.
01:04:06One course meal.
01:04:07All of Jimmy Neutron.
01:04:08I'm not sorry.
01:04:09Spongebob's house party.
01:04:11A place for pets.
01:04:12Snowball effect.
01:04:13Goo goo gas.
01:04:14Lockdown for love.
01:04:16Stanley S squarepants.
01:04:17Plankton's regular.
01:04:18Greasy buffoons.
01:04:19Grandma's secret recipe.
01:04:21Computer overload.
01:04:22Plankton's good eye.
01:04:23Karen 2.0.
01:04:25Goodbye.
01:04:25Krabby Patty.
01:04:26D tier.
01:04:27Free samples.
01:04:28Culture shock.
01:04:29No pictures please.
01:04:30Surf and turf.
01:04:31Crabs versus plankton.
01:04:32New leaf.
01:04:33Rodeo days.
01:04:34Atlantis square plant-
01:04:35Whatever.
01:04:37Atlantis square pantas.
01:04:38Plankton's plan.
01:04:39Bandon bikini bottoms.
01:04:41Sponjicus.
01:04:41The inside job.
01:04:43Spongebob's road to Christmas.
01:04:44Buried in time.
01:04:45The other patty.
01:04:46Sweet and sour squid.
01:04:48Burst your bubble.
01:04:49Fiasco.
01:04:49We're here or to go.
01:04:50Super evil aquatic villain team.
01:04:52Up is go.
01:04:53Move it or lose it.
01:04:54Plankton's pet.
01:04:56House worming.
01:04:56Plankton gets the boot.
01:04:58Plankton's color nullifier.
01:04:59Call the cops.
01:05:00The grill is gone.
01:05:01Welcome to the chum bucket.
01:05:03C tier.
01:05:03Spongebob's last stand.
01:05:05Walking small.
01:05:06Mimic madness.
01:05:07The fry cook games.
01:05:08Best frenemies.
01:05:09Friend or foe.
01:05:09Bucket sweet bucket.
01:05:11Mermaid man versus Spongebob.
01:05:1220,000 patties under the sea.
01:05:14The great patty caper.
01:05:16Shellback shenanigans.
01:05:17The hankering.
01:05:18Perfect chemistry.
01:05:19Drive-thru.
01:05:20Walkin' the plankton.
01:05:21Captain pipsqueak.
01:05:22Chum fricassee.
01:05:23Fun.
01:05:23It came from Goo Lagoon.
01:05:25Wishing you well.
01:05:26Married to money.
01:05:27Copy Bob ditto pants.
01:05:29Lame in fortune.
01:05:30Pineapple invasion.
01:05:31Salsa and bacillus.
01:05:32Plankton retires.
01:05:33Pest of the west.
01:05:34Spin the bottle.
01:05:35Shopping list.
01:05:36Pat Nokia.
01:05:37The third Spongebob movie.
01:05:39Plankton's old chum.
01:05:40The crusty bucket.
01:05:41The ghost of plankton.
01:05:43Blood is thicker than grease.
01:05:44Sheldon square pants.
01:05:45B tier.
01:05:46Fear of a Krabby Patty.
01:05:48Someone's in the kitchen with Sandy.
01:05:49Spy buddies.
01:05:50Dopey dick.
01:05:51Hello Bikini Bottom.
01:05:52Eek.
01:05:53An urchin.
01:05:53Jailbreak.
01:05:54Plankton paranoia.
01:05:55Company picnic.
01:05:55Chums.
01:05:56The legend of Bikini Bottom.
01:05:58The crusty slambler.
01:05:58King Plankton.
01:05:59Plankton's intern.
01:06:00The flower plot.
01:06:01Krabby Road.
01:06:01The second movie.
01:06:02Welcome to Binary Bottom.
01:06:03Single cell defense.
01:06:04The Spongebob Squarepants musical.
01:06:06Plankton.
01:06:07Spot returns.
01:06:08Single cell anniversary.
01:06:10Enemy in law.
01:06:10Chum bucket supreme.
01:06:11Spongebob on parade.
01:06:12Crabs a la mode.
01:06:13Frozen face off.
01:06:14It's a Spongebob Christmas.
01:06:15Krusty crab training video.
01:06:16Evil spatula.
01:06:17Hand ammonium.
01:06:18Stay.
01:06:18Aw, wait, no.
01:06:19Spongebob's Big Birthday Blowout.
01:06:20Plankton and the Beanstalk.
01:06:22S-tier.
01:06:22Imitation crabs.
01:06:23Plankton's army.
01:06:25Chum caverns.
01:06:26Bottle burglars.
01:06:27The first movie.
01:06:28Dunces and dragons.
01:06:29The algae's always greener.
01:06:33Alright.
01:06:34I'm out of energy here.
01:06:36I'm gonna go sleep for a few months.
01:06:40I've been Vitan.
01:06:41Thanks for watching.
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