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{{Episode | {{Episode | ||
|title = Blood is Thicker Than Grease | |title = Blood is Thicker Than Grease | ||
|code = 325-1406 | |code = 325-1406 | ||
|airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|February 21}}, {{Time|2024}} (Nicktoons, unannounced)<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|March 26}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|USA}} {{Time|July 15}}, {{Time|2024}} (Nickelodeon, official)<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|July 16}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|July 16}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|July 20}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|July 24}}, {{Time|2024}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|AMZ}} {{Flag|BRA}} {{Flag|LAM}} {{Time|July 1}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|GER}} {{Flag|AUT}} {{Flag|CHE}} {{Time|July 9}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|ISR}} {{Time|July 14}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|ARL}} {{Time|July 15}}, {{Time|2024}} (VOD, OSN+)<br>{{Flag|ARL | |airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|February 21}}, {{Time|2024}} (Nicktoons, unannounced)<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|March 26}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|USA}} {{Time|July 15}}, {{Time|2024}} (Nickelodeon, official)<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|July 16}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|UK}} {{Flag|IRL}} {{Time|July 16}}, {{Time|2024}}<ref>[https://tv24.co.uk/channel/nickelodeon/2024-07-16 Nickelodeon UK - July 16, 2024]</ref><br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|July 20}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Flag|NZ}} {{Time|July 24}}, {{Time|2024}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|AMZ}} {{Flag|BRA}} {{Flag|LAM}} {{Time|July 1}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|P+}} {{Flag|GER}} {{Flag|AUT}} {{Flag|CHE}} {{Time|July 9}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|ISR}} {{Time|July 14}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|ARL}} {{Time|July 15}}, {{Time|2024}} (VOD, OSN+)<br>{{Flag|ARL}} {{Time|July 23}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|ITA}} {{Time|July 23}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|ZA}} {{Flag|BRA}} {{Flag|LAM}} {{Flag|NOR}} {{Flag|DEN}} {{Flag|SWE}} {{Flag|AUT}} {{Flag|CHE}} {{Flag|ESP}} {{Flag|POR}} {{Flag|FRA}} {{Flag|BEN}} {{Flag|POL}} {{Flag|EU}} {{Flag|TUR}} {{Flag|CIS}} {{Flag|KZ}} {{Flag|UKR}} {{Time|July 24}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|GER}} {{Time|July 25}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|SEA}} {{Time|October 25}}, {{Time|2024}}<br>{{Flag|FNS}} {{Time|October 31}}, {{Time|2024}} (SVOD, Ruutu)<br>{{Flag|IDN}} {{Time|November 25}}, {{Time|2024}} (VOD, Vision+)<br>{{Flag|IND}} {{Time|April 21}}, {{Time|2025}}<br>{{Flag|SK}} {{Time|May 20}}, {{Time|2025}}{{SeeMoreEnd}} | ||
|year = {{Time|2024}} | |year = {{Time|2024}} | ||
|sisterep = Don't Make Me Laugh | |sisterep = Don't Make Me Laugh | ||
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|director-storyboard = [[Fred Osmond]] | |director-storyboard = [[Fred Osmond]] | ||
|director-animation = [[Michelle Bryan]] | |director-animation = [[Michelle Bryan]] | ||
|briefsummary = {{Link|Plankton}}'s family open their [[Spud Bucket|own restaurant]]... directly next to the [[Chum Bucket]] | |briefsummary = {{Link|Plankton}}'s family open their [[Spud Bucket|own restaurant]]... directly next to the [[Chum Bucket]]. | ||
}} | }} | ||
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**[[Incidental 7]] | **[[Incidental 7]] | ||
**[[Incidental 14]] | **[[Incidental 14]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Tuck Tucker (Ripped Pants)|Tuck Tucker]] | ||
**[[Scooter]] | **[[Scooter]] | ||
**[[Incidental 48]] | **[[Incidental 48]] | ||
**[[Incidental 63]] | **[[Incidental 63]] | ||
**[[Incidental 64]] | **[[Incidental 64]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Steve]] | ||
**[[Lenny]] | **[[Lenny]] | ||
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*[[Larry the Lobster]] | *[[Larry the Lobster]] | ||
*[[Regigilled]] | *[[Regigilled]] | ||
*[[Health | *[[Health inspector (Nasty Patty)|Health inspector]] | ||
*[[Trucker (The Gift of Gum)|Trucker]] | *[[Trucker (The Gift of Gum)|Trucker]] | ||
*[[Worm hogs|Elmer]] | *[[Worm hogs|Elmer]] | ||
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His first plan is to call a health inspector, but this backfires when the Planktons are able to bribe him into giving the Spud Bucket a good grade. Next, he gets Patrick to eat customers' food, but his parents use him to help make mashed potatoes. Then, he throws a grenade at a potato delivery truck, but the potatoes explode into French fries. After his failures, Plankton's dad invites him to work at the restaurant, which Plankton agrees to, left with no other options. | His first plan is to call a health inspector, but this backfires when the Planktons are able to bribe him into giving the Spud Bucket a good grade. Next, he gets Patrick to eat customers' food, but his parents use him to help make mashed potatoes. Then, he throws a grenade at a potato delivery truck, but the potatoes explode into French fries. After his failures, Plankton's dad invites him to work at the restaurant, which Plankton agrees to, left with no other options. | ||
[[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 169.png|thumb|200px|Ma Plankton telling Plankton that he can work for them.]] | [[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 169.png|thumb|200px|Ma Plankton telling Plankton that he can work for them.|left]] | ||
In the kitchen, Plankton prepares a baked potato, which he tops with [[chum]]. Bubble Bass tastes it and goes to complain. After Plankton reveals the "special ingredient" to him, Bubble Bass warns everyone, with the other customers also having eaten the chum-laced dishes. They are disgusted and run back to the Krusty Krab. Plankton's parents accept defeat and have their cousin, Cletus, blow up the restaurant, before heading off in their trailer. Mr. Krabs walks up, and brags that his formula is worth something again, but Cletus detonates another box of TNT around him and Plankton, ending the episode. | In the kitchen, Plankton prepares a baked potato, which he tops with [[chum]]. Bubble Bass tastes it and goes to complain. After Plankton reveals the "special ingredient" to him, Bubble Bass warns everyone, with the other customers also having eaten the chum-laced dishes. They are disgusted and run back to the Krusty Krab. Plankton's parents accept defeat and have their cousin, Cletus, blow up the restaurant, before heading off in their trailer. Mr. Krabs walks up, and brags that his formula is worth something again, but Cletus detonates another box of TNT around him and Plankton, ending the episode. | ||
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===Release=== | ===Release=== | ||
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!Format | |||
!Title | |||
!Region | |||
|- | |||
|DVD | |||
|[[The Complete Fourteenth Season]] | |||
|United States | |||
|- | |||
|rowspan=2|Box set | |||
|[[Another 100 Episodes]] | |||
|United States | |||
|- | |||
|[[The Best 300 Episodes Ever]] | |||
|United States | |||
|} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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**This makes it the third time an episode premiered on Nicktoons before airing on the main Nickelodeon channel, the other two being "[[Gary Takes a Bath]]" and "[[Buff for Puff]]." | **This makes it the third time an episode premiered on Nicktoons before airing on the main Nickelodeon channel, the other two being "[[Gary Takes a Bath]]" and "[[Buff for Puff]]." | ||
**Because it wasn't meant to air, YouTube TV removed the scheduled 3 hour recording of "[[The Curse of Bikini Bottom]]"/"[[Squidward in Clarinetland]]" that the episode aired during. | **Because it wasn't meant to air, YouTube TV removed the scheduled 3 hour recording of "[[The Curse of Bikini Bottom]]"/"[[Squidward in Clarinetland]]" that the episode aired during. | ||
*This episode is stylized as "Blood i$ Thicker Than Grease." | *This episode would later be referenced in ''[[Plankton: The Movie]]'', where the Plankton family's potato business is shown and plays a large part in powering [[Mega Karen]]. | ||
*This episode is stylized as "Blood i$ Thicker Than Grease" with a dollar symbol in place of "S." | |||
*The title card is very similar to that of "[[All That Glitters]]," only there is no shine and it is in widescreen. | *The title card is very similar to that of "[[All That Glitters]]," only there is no shine and it is in widescreen. | ||
*Patrick laughs and claps like a seal, which he also does in "[[The Whole Tooth]]," "[[Jolly Lodgers]]," and "[[Pet the Rock]]." | *Patrick laughs and claps like a seal, which he also does in "[[The Whole Tooth]]," "[[Jolly Lodgers]]," and "[[Pet the Rock]]." | ||
*Due to the heavy usage of Plankton, Karen and all of the Plankton family, SpongeBob has a very minor role and only has three lines in total. | *Due to the heavy usage of Plankton, Karen and all of the Plankton family, SpongeBob has a very minor role and only has three lines in total. | ||
*This episode, alongside "[[Squidiot Box]]," "[[PL-1413]]," "[[In the Mood to Feud]]," "[[Mooned!]]," "[[Hysterical History]]," | *This episode, alongside "[[Squidiot Box]]," "[[PL-1413]]," "[[In the Mood to Feud]]," "[[Mooned!]]," "[[Hysterical History]]," "[[Kreepaway Kamp]]," "[[Snow Yellow]]," and "[[Sandy's Country Christmas]]" serve as this season's [[SpongeBob 25|25th anniversary]] specials. | ||
**In its press listing, it is listed as a "sequel episode," likely to Plankton's cousins from "[[Plankton's Army]]" appearing. | |||
**In its press listing, it is listed as a "sequel episode," likely to "[[Plankton's Army]]. | |||
*This episode marks the first appearance of Plankton's dad in the main series. Plankton's dad was previously seen in the book ''[[Hooray for Dads!]]'', though he had a very different design. | *This episode marks the first appearance of Plankton's dad in the main series. Plankton's dad was previously seen in the book ''[[Hooray for Dads!]]'', though he had a very different design. | ||
**Similarly, Ma Plankton had previously been seen in "[[Something Narwhal This Way Comes]]," using [[Ma Angler]] as a base. She has a new design here, resembling [[Bunny Star]]. | **Similarly, Ma Plankton had previously been seen in "[[Something Narwhal This Way Comes]]," using [[Ma Angler]] as a base. She has a new design here, resembling [[Bunny Star]]. | ||
*This and its sister episode "Don't Make Me Laugh" mark the first episode pairing in which both segments premiered unannounced and not labeled as such on the TV guides. | *This and its sister episode "Don't Make Me Laugh" mark the first episode pairing in which both segments premiered unannounced and not labeled as such on the TV guides. | ||
*This episode was paired up with " | *This episode was paired up with "PL-1413" during the original American airing. | ||
*This is the first episode to have unknown ratings. | |||
===Episode references=== | ===Episode references=== | ||
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*Cletus' gag "Did somebody say surprise?" routine and blowing something up is reminiscent of {{Link|Sandy}}'s gag "Did somebody say boom?" routine in "[[Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture]]." | *Cletus' gag "Did somebody say surprise?" routine and blowing something up is reminiscent of {{Link|Sandy}}'s gag "Did somebody say boom?" routine in "[[Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture]]." | ||
===Cultural references=== | ===Cultural references=== | ||
*This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "blood is thicker than water," a proverb in English meaning that "familial bonds are strongest." | *This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "blood is thicker than water," a proverb in English meaning that "familial bonds are strongest." | ||
*Plankton refers to Patrick as "The Insatiable Bulk," referencing {{W|Hulk|The Incredible Hulk}}. | *Plankton refers to Patrick as "The Insatiable Bulk," referencing {{W|Hulk|The Incredible Hulk}}. | ||
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[[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 100.png|thumb|260px|Squidward is seen in the register boat.]] | [[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 100.png|thumb|260px|Squidward is seen in the register boat.]] | ||
[[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 107.png|thumb|260px|But in the scene after, he and the bonsai are gone.]] | [[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 107.png|thumb|260px|But in the scene after, he and the bonsai are gone.]] | ||
[[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 195.png|thumb|260px|The Krusty Krab and the path leading up to it are missing]] | [[File:Blood is Thicker Than Grease 195.png|thumb|260px|The Krusty Krab and the path leading up to it are missing.]] | ||
*Squidward is seen cutting a bonsai tree in the register boat. In the scenes after, both he and the bonsai are gone without explanation. | *Squidward is seen cutting a bonsai tree in the register boat. In the scenes after, both he and the bonsai are gone without explanation. | ||
*The health inspector's rating is already visible outside the restaurant before he issues it. | *The health inspector's rating is already visible outside the restaurant before he issues it. | ||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{Foreign names | {{Foreign names | ||
|Fre = Plankton en a gros sur la patate | |||
|FreM = Play on the French expression ''[[wiktionary:en avoir gros sur la patate|en avoir gros sur la patate]]'' (to feel unhappy) and ''patate'', "potato" | |||
|Ger = Der Erdapfel-Eimer | |Ger = Der Erdapfel-Eimer | ||
|GerM = The Potato Bucket | |GerM = The Potato Bucket | ||
|Rus = Картофельные узы | |||
|RusR = Kartofel'nyye uzy | |||
|RusM = Potato Ties | |||
|SpaA = La grasa llama | |||
|SpaAM = The Grease Calls | |||
|SpaE = La sangre es más espesa que la grasa | |||
|SpaEM = Blood is Thicker Than Grease | |||
}} | }} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:37, 2 August 2025
Characters
- Template:Data:Links
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Karen Plankton
- Plankton family
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- Eugene H. Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- Patrick Star
- Bubble Bass
- Larry the Lobster
- Regigilled
- Health inspector
- Trucker
- Elmer
This list is incomplete, but you can help Encyclopedia SpongeBobia by expanding it.
Synopsis
Plankton shows Karen his new "tootsie-trampler" invention, which can be used like a pogo stick to crush civilians, but it backfires on him. Suddenly, Plankton hears a noise from outside. A pickup truck with a grand mansion-like trailer appears. Plankton's parents step out, having moved to the city after winning the lottery. After showing Plankton around their trailer, they reveal they have come to start their own restaurant similar to the Chum Bucket: the Spud Bucket. The customers from the Krusty Krab all leave to visit the new restaurant. Plankton goes to Krabs' restaurant to gloat, and the latter is about to give up the formula. Karen questions Plankton, mentioning that having the formula likely means nothing since nobody wants Krabby Patties. Upon realizing this, Plankton decides to sabotage the Spud Bucket.
His first plan is to call a health inspector, but this backfires when the Planktons are able to bribe him into giving the Spud Bucket a good grade. Next, he gets Patrick to eat customers' food, but his parents use him to help make mashed potatoes. Then, he throws a grenade at a potato delivery truck, but the potatoes explode into French fries. After his failures, Plankton's dad invites him to work at the restaurant, which Plankton agrees to, left with no other options.
In the kitchen, Plankton prepares a baked potato, which he tops with chum. Bubble Bass tastes it and goes to complain. After Plankton reveals the "special ingredient" to him, Bubble Bass warns everyone, with the other customers also having eaten the chum-laced dishes. They are disgusted and run back to the Krusty Krab. Plankton's parents accept defeat and have their cousin, Cletus, blow up the restaurant, before heading off in their trailer. Mr. Krabs walks up, and brags that his formula is worth something again, but Cletus detonates another box of TNT around him and Plankton, ending the episode.
Production
This episode was confirmed on September 5, 2023.[1]
Despite being copyrighted in 2024, this episode was completed in late 2023.[2]
Art
Background design
- Art direction by Peter Bennett, layouts designed by George Nachev and Rebekie Bennington, traditionally painted by Amy Lewis in gouache, lines drawn digitally in Adobe Photoshop.[3][4]
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Ma and Pa Plankton's trailer
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Side-by-side outhouse
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Process photo
Music
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Release
| Format | Title | Region |
|---|---|---|
| DVD | The Complete Fourteenth Season | United States |
| Box set | Another 100 Episodes | United States |
| The Best 300 Episodes Ever | United States |
Trivia
General
- An image of this episode was accidentally released on the Nick.com website on February 13, 2024, being used as the thumbnail for the link to its sister episode, "Don't Make Me Laugh." This also happened on DirecTV.
- This episode accidentally premiered on Nicktoons on February 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM EST. This was 5 months prior to its proper airing on Nickelodeon.
- This makes it the third time an episode premiered on Nicktoons before airing on the main Nickelodeon channel, the other two being "Gary Takes a Bath" and "Buff for Puff."
- Because it wasn't meant to air, YouTube TV removed the scheduled 3 hour recording of "The Curse of Bikini Bottom"/"Squidward in Clarinetland" that the episode aired during.
- This episode would later be referenced in Plankton: The Movie, where the Plankton family's potato business is shown and plays a large part in powering Mega Karen.
- This episode is stylized as "Blood i$ Thicker Than Grease" with a dollar symbol in place of "S."
- The title card is very similar to that of "All That Glitters," only there is no shine and it is in widescreen.
- Patrick laughs and claps like a seal, which he also does in "The Whole Tooth," "Jolly Lodgers," and "Pet the Rock."
- Due to the heavy usage of Plankton, Karen and all of the Plankton family, SpongeBob has a very minor role and only has three lines in total.
- This episode, alongside "Squidiot Box," "PL-1413," "In the Mood to Feud," "Mooned!," "Hysterical History," "Kreepaway Kamp," "Snow Yellow," and "Sandy's Country Christmas" serve as this season's 25th anniversary specials.
- In its press listing, it is listed as a "sequel episode," likely to Plankton's cousins from "Plankton's Army" appearing.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Plankton's dad in the main series. Plankton's dad was previously seen in the book Hooray for Dads!, though he had a very different design.
- Similarly, Ma Plankton had previously been seen in "Something Narwhal This Way Comes," using Ma Angler as a base. She has a new design here, resembling Bunny Star.
- This and its sister episode "Don't Make Me Laugh" mark the first episode pairing in which both segments premiered unannounced and not labeled as such on the TV guides.
- This episode was paired up with "PL-1413" during the original American airing.
- This is the first episode to have unknown ratings.
Episode references
- Several of Plankton's family members previously appeared in "Plankton's Army" when he was imagining what they looked like.
- Characters constantly doing a quick spit was a recurring gag in "Salty Sponge."
- Cletus' gag "Did somebody say surprise?" routine and blowing something up is reminiscent of Template:Data:Links's gag "Did somebody say boom?" routine in "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture."
Cultural references
- This episode's title is a pun on the phrase "blood is thicker than water," a proverb in English meaning that "familial bonds are strongest."
- Plankton refers to Patrick as "The Insatiable Bulk," referencing The Incredible Hulk.
Errors
- Squidward is seen cutting a bonsai tree in the register boat. In the scenes after, both he and the bonsai are gone without explanation.
- The health inspector's rating is already visible outside the restaurant before he issues it.
- At the end of this episode, the Krusty Krab is missing from across the street.
Videos
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Plankton en a gros sur la patate | Play on the French expression en avoir gros sur la patate (to feel unhappy) and patate, "potato" |
| German | Der Erdapfel-Eimer | The Potato Bucket |
| Russian | Картофельные узы Kartofel'nyye uzy |
Potato Ties |
| Spanish (American) | La grasa llama | The Grease Calls |
| Spanish (European) | La sangre es más espesa que la grasa | Blood is Thicker Than Grease |
