Chum Caverns

If you were looking for the article about the place, then see Chum Caverns (location).

Characters

• Eugene H. Krabs
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• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Karen Plankton
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• Patrick Star
• Other Chum Caverns customers
• Sea turtles ^(mentioned)
• French Narrator

Synopsis

The episode starts with Mr. Krabs kicking out two customers, saying they should listen to the sign about the mandatory side of fries policy. Another customer comes in and says he is not hungry, but Mr. Krabs handcuffs the fish to the ordering boat. Mr. Krabs then goes into the kitchen, where SpongeBob is flipping Template:Data:Links as usual, and gives SpongeBob two spatulas so he can do twice the work. Mr. Krabs walks away going back to his office. In his office, Mr. Krabs trips on a loose floorboard. He uncovers it to reveal the Krabby Patty secret formula. Mr. Krabs takes a hammer and nails the floorboard back down.

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Cave Dwellers.

The camera zooms out to show that Plankton is watching from his enormous telescope that goes out the Chum Bucket and into the Krusty Krab through the chimney. Plankton discovers that Mr. Krabs hides the Krabby Patty secret formula under the Krusty Krab floor boards after Mr. Krabs trips over a loose nail, and goes to get it by caving in underground. However, he crashes into a big rock, and when he digs deeper to go around it, he gets trapped in an underground cave. Plankton discovers it is beautiful and Karen comes up with a plan on how he could get more customers: he could lure them underground by the gorgeous scenery of the cave. In obvious fashion of Plankton, he ignores Karen before stealing her idea, to her annoyance. At that moment, Cave Dwellers appear, but Plankton tames them with his whip, making them his new employees.

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Patrick eating chum nuggets.

Later that day, Mr. Krabs discovers that Plankton has more customers by his cave and decides to go down there to sell Krabby Patties. Plankton is mad about this and decides to get his revenge by trapping Mr. Krabs underground. The two end up fighting, trying to get each other trapped underground. They end up both getting stuck underground, where they lament their pointless feud has trapped them. The pair decide to work together if they ever get out, and soon SpongeBob comes to save them.

When he does, Plankton goes back on his word to travel above ground again to steal the secret formula, but when he gets above ground, his act has caused a chain reaction that causes him to fall back down and so does the Krusty Krab and the Bikini Bottomites in the caverns to get trapped. Mr. Krabs berates Plankton for his foolish acts and complains they are all stuck together in one place. However, one customer approves that at least they are in the Krusty Krab restaurant together. Mr. Krabs accepts it, but notes without Squidward, he needs somebody to take his place and looks up to Plankton. The episode ends by showing a cave dweller forcing Plankton as a cashier while using a whip to ensure he does the job well.

Production

This episode was confirmed and added to the US Copyright Office on March 30, 2009.

Art

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Release

Broadcast

• This episode premiered during The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash, airing before the top 10 SpongeBob episodes voted by fans.

Distribution

• The episode is available on the Viking-Sized Adventures, Season 6 Volume 2, Complete Sixth Season, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Kids Double Pack: Volume 5, Kids Double Pack: Volume 7, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, Triple Pack 2, The Fifth & Sixth Seasons, The Best 300 Episodes Ever, Big Hits: Volume 1, Beware the Hooks, Season 6 Volume 5, Sheldon Plankton: Mean and Green, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 10, and Next 100 Episodes DVDs.

Reception

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Trivia

General

• Two clips from this episode were on the "Deep Sea Danger Zone" commercial, but it did not premiere during that week. It was planned to air as the fourth premiere, but it was changed to "Squid's Visit."
• This is the first episode where Bikini Bottom goes underground.
• There are two online games based on this episode, titled Gas Blast and Bubble Blast, respectively.
• In this episode, the secret formula is seen hidden under a wooden plank floor in Mr. Krabs' office, but in the episode "Plankton's Army," Squidward says "Let me guess, it's at home, under your mattress," and Mr. Krabs rushes to his house. However, in most other episodes, it is seen in Mr. Krabs' safe.
• This is the second episode where people eat chum, thanks to the attraction. The first was "Chum Bucket Supreme."
• This is one of the few episodes where SpongeBob enjoys eating chum, as in the episode "Chum Bucket Supreme," he hates the taste of it.
• This episode marks the first mentioning of sea turtles in the series. They would later be shown in "Shell Games" from season 12 and the online game Kash Krab.

Dub facts

• In the Russian dub, the "secret formula" was translated as "лекарство," which means "medicine" in English.

Cultural references

• One scene of Mr. Krabs and Plankton digging underground references the Namco arcade game Dig Dug.
• The cave dwellers in this episode are similar to the Morlocks from the 1960 film, The Time Machine.

Errors

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The path to the Chum Bucket is missing.

• When the episode starts, the path to the Chum Bucket is missing.
• While Plankton is shown spying on Mr. Krabs at the beginning of the episode, his eye shown through the telescope has his cornea blinking rather than his entire eye including the sclera. His eyebrow is also on top of his cornea rather than his entire eye.
• While Plankton uses his drill, the outside is bright orange, but switches to a light reddish-orange on the inside.
• In the Chum Caverns, there is no elevator shown going back up.
• When Plankton and Karen first discover the caverns, how they get back up to the surface in later scenes to install the restaurant and elevator is unexplained.
• The first time the elevator is shown going down, eight people enter it from ground level. The second time, only six people enter at ground level.
• Plankton is on the surface at the end, but when the Krusty Krab falls underground, he is inside it.
• When Plankton first begins to dig, the drilling tool is on a wire. In the next scene, it is attached to the vehicle. His vehicle is destroyed when he reaches the Caverns. Then, later in the episode, it reappears when Plankton digs under Mr. Krabs.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Les grottes de chum	The Chum Caves
German	Die Abfallgrotte	The Chum Cave
Hungarian	A veszélyes barlang	The Chum Cave
Italian	Le grotte lucenti	The Shiny Caves
Russian	Пещеры Чам Peshchery Cham	Chum Caverns
Spanish (American)	Cavernas de carnada	Chum Caverns
Spanish (European)	Las cavernas de cebo	Chum Caverns