|briefsummary = {{Link|Plankton}} makes clones of {{Link|SpongeBob}} to steal the [[Krabby Patty secret formula|secret formula]], but his plans may be ruined by the original SpongeBob}}
|briefsummary = {{Link|Plankton}} makes clones of {{Link|SpongeBob}} to steal the [[Krabby Patty secret formula|secret formula]], but his plans may be ruined by the original SpongeBob.}}
==Characters==
===Characters===
*[[Karen Plankton]]
*[[Karen Plankton]]
*[[Sheldon J. Plankton]]
*[[Sheldon J. Plankton]]
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*{{Link|Incidentals}}
*{{Link|Incidentals}}
**[[Troutenheimer]]
**[[Troutenheimer]]
**[[Incidental 105]]
**[[Frank (Inc 105)|Frank]]
**[[Incidental 48]]
**[[Incidental 48]]
**[[Incidental 37A]]
**[[Tuck Tucker (Inc 37A)|Tuck Tucker]]
**[[Incidental 47]]
**[[Incidental 47]]
**[[Incidental 8]]
**[[Incidental 8]]
**[[Tom]]
**[[Incidental 6]]
**[[Incidental 40]]
**[[Harold (Inc 40)|Harold]]
**[[Incidental 49]]
**[[Incidental 49]]
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Plankton makes 305 more clones to ask for the formula, making sure they don't come into contact with the real one this time, but then, after they find out what the formula is twice, they intercept the real SpongeBob's chore duties. SpongeBob sees all the clones working and compliments on them. Suddenly, Me Two turns into a light gray hue and SpongeBob suggests he's getting sick and offers to take him home. Upon asking where he's from, Me Two tells SpongeBob he came from the Chum Bucket, causing SpongeBob to find out that one of his copies was made to steal the secret formula. SpongeBob confronts Plankton outside, but all of a sudden, Me Two scrunches up, then rolls up into the shape of a burrito in mid-air before vanishing out of existence. SpongeBob is shocked, Plankton revealing he used cheap toner to make the clones, before he asks the other copies about the formula, but is foiled when the other clones quickly vanish as well and SpongeBob cries for his loss of his friends. Mr. Krabs comes with the paychecks for the copies, and the final clone disappears. When Plankton comes out to find another SpongeBob, he asks for the formula before he disappears, but it was the real SpongeBob. SpongeBob is still sad for the loss of the clones, treating them like they were his friends, but Plankton says that the citizens are better with one SpongeBob.
Plankton makes 305 more clones to ask for the formula, making sure they don't come into contact with the real one this time, but then, after they find out what the formula is twice, they intercept the real SpongeBob's chore duties. SpongeBob sees all the clones working and compliments on them. Suddenly, Me Two turns into a light gray hue and SpongeBob suggests he's getting sick and offers to take him home. Upon asking where he's from, Me Two tells SpongeBob he came from the Chum Bucket, causing SpongeBob to find out that one of his copies was made to steal the secret formula. SpongeBob confronts Plankton outside, but all of a sudden, Me Two scrunches up, then rolls up into the shape of a burrito in mid-air before vanishing out of existence. SpongeBob is shocked, Plankton revealing he used cheap toner to make the clones, before he asks the other copies about the formula, but is foiled when the other clones quickly vanish as well and SpongeBob cries for his loss of his friends. Mr. Krabs comes with the paychecks for the copies, and the final clone disappears. When Plankton comes out to find another SpongeBob, he asks for the formula before he disappears, but it was the real SpongeBob. SpongeBob is still sad for the loss of the clones, treating them like they were his friends, but Plankton says that the citizens are better with one SpongeBob.
Squidward comes back and then squishes Plankton after trying to fly and Plankton says, "Right on my keys," as the episode ends.
Squidward, still believing he's in a dream, comes back and then squishes Plankton after trying to fly and Plankton says, "Right on my keys," as the episode ends.
==Production==
==Production==
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[[Kaz]] posted an image featuring a boxed section of the script on {{Time|August 5}}, 2015.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/6BYslmKVEi/ Kaz on Instagram - "Work."]</ref>
[[Kaz]] posted an image featuring a boxed section of the script on {{Time|August 5}}, 2015.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/6BYslmKVEi/ Kaz on Instagram - "Work."]</ref>
[[Vincent Waller]] confirmed this episode on Twitter on {{Time|April 18}}, {{Time|2016}}.<ref>https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/722199953464950784</ref> A painting of background art from this segment was found a few weeks earlier during a tour of {{W|Rough Draft Korea}}, which was posted on {{W|Facebook}} on {{Time|April 8}}, 2016.<ref name="facebook">[https://www.facebook.com/YISSGuardians/posts/thank-you-scott-mansz-rough-draft-korea-for-hosting-our-students-today-what-a-tr/473910899463481/ Yongsan International School of Seoul on Facebook - "Thank you, Scott Mansz..."]</ref>
[[Vincent Waller]] confirmed this episode on Twitter on {{Time|April 18}}, {{Time|2016}}.<ref>https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/722199953464950784</ref> A painting of background art from this segment was found a few weeks earlier during a tour of {{W|Rough Draft Korea}}, which was posted on {{W|Facebook}} on {{Time|April 8}}, 2016.<ref name="facebook">[https://www.facebook.com/YISSGuardians/posts/thank-you-scott-mansz-rough-draft-korea-for-hosting-our-students-today-what-a-tr/473910899463481/ Yongsan International School of Seoul on Facebook - "Thank you, Scott Mansz..."]</ref>
Kaz posted this episode's script cover on {{Time|May 3}}, 2016, saying it was all he could legally share from the episode at the time.<ref name="kaz"/>
Kaz posted this episode's script cover on {{Time|May 3}}, 2016, saying it was all he could legally share from the episode at the time.<ref name="kaz"/>
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===Storyboards===
===Storyboards===
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SB961-storyboard 1.jpg|Revised by Dave Cunningham.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/mancieraines2/p/BGGci2Qw2hY/ Dave Cunningham on Instagram - "Rough day for the sponge."]</ref>
SB961-storyboard 2.jpg|Revised by Dave Cunningham.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/mancieraines2/p/BHKbL8oAHf4/ Dave Cunningham on Instagram - "He felt a twinge."]</ref>
{{OM|Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8#Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8B{{!}}Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8B|Jeremy Wakefield|"What does that mean?"}}
{{OM|Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8#Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8B{{!}}Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8B|Jeremy Wakefield|"What does that mean?"}}
{{APM|r|Romantic Ending [#31]|Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin|SpongeBob cries.}}
{{APM-article|Romantic Ending{{!}}Romantic Ending [#31]|Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin|SpongeBob cries.}}
{{OM|Clownfish Capers|Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield|Other copies disappear.}}
{{OM|Clownfish Capers|Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield|Other copies disappear.}}
{{OM|Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31#Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31F{{!}}Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31F|Jeremy Wakefield|Patrick rolls on the ground.}}
{{OM|Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31#Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31F{{!}}Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31F|Jeremy Wakefield|Patrick rolls on the ground.}}
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===Release===
===Release===
*This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 16, [[SeaSide Story]], [[The Complete Ninth Season|Complete Ninth Season]], [[The Next 100 Episodes|Next 100 Episodes]], and [[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]] DVDs.
====Distribution====
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|[[SeaSide Story]]
|Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Japan
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|[[The Complete Ninth Season]]
|United States, Australia
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|rowspan=3|Box set
|[[The Next 100 Episodes]]
|United States
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|[[The Best 200 Episodes Ever]]
|United States
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|[[The Best 300 Episodes Ever]]
|United States
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|Digital release
|SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 16
|Global
|}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
===General===
===General===
*In the [[Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны|Russian dub]], after original SpongeBob arrives to Krusty Krab, Squidward, instead of saying, "I said "Whatever," says, "You already said that to me."{{Citation needed}}
*This episode confirms that Plankton has tattooed a picture of himself in a graduation gown, graduation cap, and eyeglass onto Karen's hard drive.
*This episode confirms that Plankton has tattooed a picture of himself in a graduation gown, graduation cap, and eyeglass onto Karen's hard drive.
*This is the second episode in the series where SpongeBob gets cloned. The first is "[[Overbooked]]."
*This is the second episode where SpongeBob gets cloned. The first is "[[Overbooked]]."
*This is the second episode in the series where Patrick gets shredded by a lawnmower. The first is "[[Born to Be Wild]]."
*This is the second episode where Patrick gets shredded by a lawnmower. The first is "[[Born to Be Wild]]."
===Dub facts===
*In the [[Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны|Russian dub]], after the original SpongeBob arrives to Krusty Krab, Squidward, instead of saying, "I said 'Whatever,'" says, "You already said that to me."
===Cultural references===
===Cultural references===
*Plankton's line "March, march, my pretties!" mimics The Wicked Witch of the West's line "Fly my pretties!" from the 1939 film ''[[w:c:oz:The Wizard of Oz (1939)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
*Plankton's line "March, march, my pretties!" mimics [[w:c:oz:Wicked Witch of the West (MGM)|The Wicked Witch]] of the West's line "Fly my pretties!" from the 1939 film ''[[w:c:oz:The Wizard of Oz (1939)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
*Patrick's line "Life is but a walking shadow" is from "Macbeth" by {{W|William Shakespeare}}. In the original play, Macbeth says the line after the death of his wife, while Patrick says it after the SpongeBob copies disappear.
*Patrick's line "Life is but a walking shadow" is from "Macbeth" by {{W|William Shakespeare}}. In the original play, Macbeth says the line after the death of his wife, while Patrick says it after the SpongeBob copies disappear.
===Errors===
===Errors===
[[File:Appearing cup in CopyBob DittoPants.png|thumb|260px|The missing cup and reappearing cup.]]
[[File:Appearing cup in CopyBob DittoPants.png|thumb|260px|The missing cup and reappearing cup.]]
[[File:CopyBob Karen buttons error.png|thumb|260px|Karen's buttons and wheels error.]]
*When SpongeBob and Me Two first walk into the Krusty Krab, the cup behind Squidward on the boat is not there, but then appears after a customer orders.
*When SpongeBob and Me Two first walk into the Krusty Krab, the cup behind Squidward on the boat is not there, but then appears after a customer orders.
**Also, at the same time, one of Me Two's eyelashes has a different color, as well as part of his left eye.
**Also, at the same time, one of Me Two's eyelashes has a different color, as well as part of his left eye.
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*In one scene, the front teeth of one of the SpongeBob duplicates disappears.
*In one scene, the front teeth of one of the SpongeBob duplicates disappears.
*The location of Karen's wheels changes throughout the episode. Occasionally, they are beneath the lower platform, but sometimes, they also appear outside the lower platform, like in other episodes.
*The location of Karen's wheels changes throughout the episode. Occasionally, they are beneath the lower platform, but sometimes, they also appear outside the lower platform, like in other episodes.
*At one point, Karen is seen with red buttons, while they are normally light aquamarine throughout the rest of her scenes.
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==Video==
==Video==
[[File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Two Sponges - Nickelodeon UK|thumb|center|450px]]
[[File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Two Sponges - Nickelodeon UK|thumb|center|450px]]
When Plankton, Karen, and SpongeBob throw a party at the Chum Bucket, SpongeBob gets tricked into putting his face on a copy machine. Plankton puts the copier on "Scan" and it scans SpongeBob. He clicks print and makes a SpongeBob clone the next day and then colors the tie blue with a marker.
The next day, at the Krusty Krab, the copy walks over to the real SpongeBob, who befriends him and calls him "Me Two," and they work for Mr. Krabs. Squidward goes crazy because he thinks he is dreaming, causing him to beat up the customers and Mr. Krabs. To Plankton's shock, Me Two refuses to tell Plankton the formula because of the friendship he formed with SpongeBob, so Plankton makes another copy and tries again; however, SpongeBob ends up befriending that copy as well, calling him "Me Three," but he also refuses to tell the formula.
Plankton makes 305 more clones to ask for the formula, making sure they don't come into contact with the real one this time, but then, after they find out what the formula is twice, they intercept the real SpongeBob's chore duties. SpongeBob sees all the clones working and compliments on them. Suddenly, Me Two turns into a light gray hue and SpongeBob suggests he's getting sick and offers to take him home. Upon asking where he's from, Me Two tells SpongeBob he came from the Chum Bucket, causing SpongeBob to find out that one of his copies was made to steal the secret formula. SpongeBob confronts Plankton outside, but all of a sudden, Me Two scrunches up, then rolls up into the shape of a burrito in mid-air before vanishing out of existence. SpongeBob is shocked, Plankton revealing he used cheap toner to make the clones, before he asks the other copies about the formula, but is foiled when the other clones quickly vanish as well and SpongeBob cries for his loss of his friends. Mr. Krabs comes with the paychecks for the copies, and the final clone disappears. When Plankton comes out to find another SpongeBob, he asks for the formula before he disappears, but it was the real SpongeBob. SpongeBob is still sad for the loss of the clones, treating them like they were his friends, but Plankton says that the citizens are better with one SpongeBob.
Squidward, still believing he's in a dream, comes back and then squishes Plankton after trying to fly and Plankton says, "Right on my keys," as the episode ends.
Production
This episode's board draft script was completed on May 20, 2015.[1]
This episode's rough storyboard was completed on July 19, 2015.[2]
Kaz posted an image featuring a boxed section of the script on August 5, 2015.[3]
This episode confirms that Plankton has tattooed a picture of himself in a graduation gown, graduation cap, and eyeglass onto Karen's hard drive.
This is the second episode where SpongeBob gets cloned. The first is "Overbooked."
This is the second episode where Patrick gets shredded by a lawnmower. The first is "Born to Be Wild."
Dub facts
In the Russian dub, after the original SpongeBob arrives to Krusty Krab, Squidward, instead of saying, "I said 'Whatever,'" says, "You already said that to me."
Cultural references
Plankton's line "March, march, my pretties!" mimics The Wicked Witch of the West's line "Fly my pretties!" from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Patrick's line "Life is but a walking shadow" is from "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. In the original play, Macbeth says the line after the death of his wife, while Patrick says it after the SpongeBob copies disappear.
When SpongeBob and Me Two first walk into the Krusty Krab, the cup behind Squidward on the boat is not there, but then appears after a customer orders.
Also, at the same time, one of Me Two's eyelashes has a different color, as well as part of his left eye.
The hat rack also disappears.
During the scene where Squidward attempts to fly, the Krusty Krab clam sign is missing.
In one scene, the front teeth of one of the SpongeBob duplicates disappears.
The location of Karen's wheels changes throughout the episode. Occasionally, they are beneath the lower platform, but sometimes, they also appear outside the lower platform, like in other episodes.
At one point, Karen is seen with red buttons, while they are normally light aquamarine throughout the rest of her scenes.