Fear of a Krabby Patty

Template:Infobox episode Characters:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Mr. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Krusty Krab Customers
• Nat Peterson (cameo)
• Medley (cameo)
• Shelia (cameo)
• Henry (cameo)
• Old Man Jenkins (cameo)
• Tom
• Sally

DVD:

• Fear of a Krabby Patty

Plot

After the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Mr. Krabs finds out that Plankton escaped from Jail and sees that the Chum Bucket is now open 23 hours a day, he announces that the Krusty Krab is opening 24 hours, to be better than the Chum Bucket much to the dismay of Squidward and the excitement of SpongeBob. This was Plankton's plan to force SpongeBob crack and tell him the formula. However, after several days of nonstop service, SpongeBob is still going strong. As a result, Plankton calls, placing an order for 10,000 Krabby Patties under the guise of Peter Lankton.

After 43 days of nonstop service, SpongeBob finally cracks, and can not finish the order because everywhere he looks, he sees killer Krabby Patties. Plankton then throws a flyer at SpongeBob, saying: "Dr. Peter Lankton, Psychaitrist, specializing in Krabby Patty phobias".

SpongeBob goes to the Chum Bucket, which is disguised as Dr. Lankton's office, and meets Dr. Peter Lankton (really Plankton in new clothes and a fake moustache and beard). Plankton tries several methods to get the formula out of SpongeBob, all of which end with Plankton getting crushed by a piano.

Finally, Plankton tries hypnosis to get SpongeBob to tell him the formula and he succeeds in making SpongeBob fall into a deep sleep. Unfortunately for Plankton, he cannot get SpongeBob to wake up and tell him the formula, even after trying several loud and annoying sounds in an attempt to wake him up. Meanwhile, SpongeBob dreams that he is jellyfishing when a giant Krabby Patty appears and eats him up. He then finds himself in his bed, and a giant Krabby Patty enters the bedroom. The Krabby Patty turns out to be friendly and gives SpongeBob a cookie-pizza and chocolate milk, thus curing his fear. SpongeBob wakes up and says he's cured, and goes back to the Krusty Krab as Plankton begs him to return and reveal the formula to him, insisting that hypnosis and therapy do not work, and that he is still very sick.

When SpongeBob gets back to work, he tells Mr. Krabs that he's okay, and that all he needed was a little sleep. Mr. Krabs says that there will be no more 24 hour shifts, "...because 23 hours will be plenty!" They laugh a little but Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to get back to work.

Reception

The episode was nominated for a 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) along with Family Guy's "North by North Quahog", Samurai Jack's "The Four Seasons of Death", South Park's "Best Friends Forever" and The Simpsons' "Future-Drama".

APM Music Identification

• Twilight Zone - Title Card
• The Rake Hornpipe - "What do you think of me master piece"
• Dramatic Impact 6- "The Chum Bucket is open 23 hours?!"
• Untitled Track #1 - The Krusty Krab is open 24 Hours.
• Zelle 501 - "He'll run his employee's into the ground"
• Keel Row - "As long as I'm with you, I'm complete."
• Approaching Suspect - Plankton spies on SpongeBob.
• Hawaiian Link (a) - Plankton rings the Krusty Krab.
• Worker's Symphony - The montage of non-stop service.
• House Of Horror - SpongeBob's fear of Krabby Patties.
• Like Strange- SpongeBob enters the Chum Bucket.
• Games Played In The Dark - Plankton talks to SpongeBob.
• Wooden Bear - Plankton runs SpongeBob through some tests with no luck.
• Mists Of Illussion - Planktop hypnotises SpongeBob.
• Camills - Krabby Patty is a friend again with SpongeBob.
• Vibe Link (a)

Cultural References

• In SpongeBob's dream, the Krabby Patty tells him that he'll always be with him (in his arteries), a reference to the 1982 film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, complete with the glowing finger.
• The title is a reference to the Public Enemy album Fear of a Black Planet.

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The Dvd

Trivia/Goofs

• This is the first episode to use 3-D computer coloring rather than digital ink and paint or traditional cel animation.
• This is the first episode with SpongeBob's voice being slightly higher, since the movie.
• In this episode Mr. Krabs' eyes are smaller, possibly because CH Greenblatt is a storyboard artist in this episode.
• This is the last episode with CH Greenblatt before he creates a Cartoon Network show, Chowder.
• Though unconfirmed, it is also possible that the script for this episode was written before the movie, due to C.H. Greenblatt's involvement.
• Mr. Krabs previously made the Krusty Krab open 24 hours a day in "Graveyard Shift".
• At the beginning, SpongeBob pinches himself 9 times.
• Since June 2009, Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable labeled this episode along with Shell of a Man as "SpongeBob Fun", which is said to be a shopping show. But as of April 2010, the mistake has been corrected.
• The Background of the DVD cover is from the episode Just One Bite where Squidward eats the patties at the Patty vault.
• This is the first episode in the Post-Movie era (2005–present).
• In Help Wanted and Employee of the Month, SpongeBob makes possibly millions of Krabby Patties in seconds with no mental strain, but in this episode, SpongeBob goes insane in this episode from making 10,000 Krabby Patties over a period of possibly 43 days.
• 35th time Patrick doesn't appear.
• When SpongeBob gets up from his trauma, his tie is missing and it reappears seconds later.
• In this episode, SpongeBob is able to lift an entire grand piano by himself (and smash it onto Plankton).
• Old Man Jenkins breaks the 4th wall by asking why is he moving.
• Near the beginning of the episode, there is a solid wall behind the cashier's boat that Spongebob bursts through; yet that section of wall is typically shown to have a window.
• When the giant krabby patty gives Spongebob food in his dream, the chocolate milk is orange and the cookie pizza just looks like a big cookie.
• In total Spongebob made 8629 patties in 43 days meaning he made 200 patties as 200 times 43 equals 8629 and 8629 divided by 43 = 200.

Quotes

Krabby Patty:Remember, I'll always be right here (points to chest) SpongeBob:In my heart? Krabby Patty: No, in your arteries.

Plankton:(holds a ticking watch in front of him) Now, keep your eyes on this watch. When I count to three, you will fall into a deep sleep. One...uh, two...uh, three. (SpongeBob falls asleep) I can't believe it worked. Now, when I snap my fingers, you will awake and tell me the formula. (Snaps fingers, but he does not wake up. He snaps a couple more times.) Hey, wake up! (He clashes cymbals, blows a trumpet and beats on drums.) Hmm, what else is loud and obnoxious? (He holds a ringing cell phone up to his ear, but that does not work) Why won't you wake up?!

Plankton: Potato

SpongeBob: Poh-tah-to

Plankton: Tomato

SpongeBob: Toh-mah-to (Scene switches to SpongeBob kneeling on the floor looking at various cards.)

External links

• Emmy Nomination