F.U.N.

If you were looking for the article about the song, then see F.U.N. Song.

Characters

• French Narrator
• Eugene H. Krabs
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• Squidward Tentacles
• Magician ^(mentioned)
• Sea urchins
• Karen Plankton
• Jellyfish
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Scallops and clams
• Bubble Bass
• Unnamed male fish in movie
• Unnamed anchovy in movie
• City crowd ^(cut)
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  • Steven
  • John
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  • Charlie (Inc 23)
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  • Harold (Inc 40)
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  • Judy
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Synopsis

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The episode begins with business as usual at the Krusty Krab, until suddenly, an alarm begins to blare, signaling an attempt by Plankton to steal a Krabby Patty. Plankton, patty in tow, escapes outside by making a hole in the door with a laser.

SpongeBob chases after him and after a long chase across the cityscape, SpongeBob finally recovers the Krabby Patty and is congratulated by the townsfolk, while Plankton walks home downcast. SpongeBob, feeling sorry for Plankton, decides to befriend him.

SpongeBob invites Plankton to go jellyfishing with him. Realizing he can take advantage of SpongeBob, Plankton goes, with encouragement from his computer assistant/wife Karen. At Jellyfish Fields, Plankton remains fixated on evil and destruction, while SpongeBob tries to explain fun to him by singing the "F.U.N. Song." Eventually, Plankton starts singing the song as well, first, he sings his own version with violent lyrics, but eventually, he sings SpongeBob's version and seems to finally be having fun. He seems to forget about stealing the formula and begins to develop a genuine sense of friendship.

When Mr. Krabs sees this, he refuses to believe that Plankton has changed, and sets up a trap for them when he goes to the Krusty Krab to meet SpongeBob the next day. He attempts to tempt Plankton with a Krabby Patty, but Plankton sits motionless and apathetic with the patty in front of him. After SpongeBob and Plankton leave to go to the movies, Mr. Krabs begins to suspect that Plankton really has gone straight and nice, until he realizes that he actually did take the patty.

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SpongeBob and Plankton at the movie theater.

At the Reef Cinema, Mr. Krabs appears in front of the projector and demands everyone in the theater to reach into their friend or partner's pocket to see what they have got. SpongeBob reaches into Plankton's pocket and finds a Krabby Patty. SpongeBob realizes that Plankton used him to get a Krabby Patty. Plankton attempts to explain that he realizes now that he only ever wanted friendship, before admitting to everything and running off with the patty through the movie screen, tearing it in half in the process.

SpongeBob believes Plankton won, but Mr. Krabs tells him he did not. He shows SpongeBob behind the screen, revealing Plankton to be badly squashed on a damaged concrete wall with the Patty. SpongeBob apologizes to Mr. Krabs and they decide to go back to the Krusty Krab and have a fresh Krabby Patty. Mr. Krabs flicks Plankton off the wall and onto Bubble Bass' hand, where he mistakes Plankton for a jelly bean. Angered, Bubble Bass chases Plankton around his hand with him screaming, concluding the episode.

Production

This episode's recording script was completed on December 4, 1998, alongside "Pickles." The date is mistakenly said to be December 4, 1999, when season 2 likely was being recorded.

Script

• On November 14, 2016, recording scripts for every episode from season 1 were publicly released, found on one of the asset discs for the PlayStation video game, SuperSponge. This included the recording script for "F.U.N."

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Art

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  The Krusty Krab in lockdown mode.
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  Another shot of the Krusty Krab in lockdown mode.
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  Bikini Bottom alleyway, as viewed in Plankton's imagination.
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Sketches

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  Pencil sketch of SpongeBob in a hula outfit.
• Pencil sketch of various worker fish.
  Pencil sketch of various worker fish.
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Cels

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Storyboards

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  Plankton originally asks, "What happens after we shoot 'em?" then imitates a rifle. Since this was too violent, it was changed to "What happens after we eat 'em?"
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Model sheets

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Release

Distribution

• This episode is available on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies, Complete 1st Season, Sponge Buddies, Hall Monitor, Sponge Crazy, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants, iSponge Offer Pack, Really Big Box Set, The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 1, The Complete First Season, SpongeBob on DVD, The Best of SpongeBob SquarePants, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Sheldon Plankton: Mean and Green, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs and on VideoNow.
• This episode is available on the Sponge Buddies and Undersea Antics Volume 1 VHS tapes.
• This episode is also available on the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Blu-ray.

Reception

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• In "100 Greatest Nicktoon Episodes," this episode was ranked #4.
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Trivia

General

• This episode was originally titled "My Fair Plankton."
• There is an event referencing this episode called, SpongeBob's Summer of F.U.N..
• The boot squeak sound effect from "Squeaky Boots" can be heard when the police fish puts the "Honorary Rookie" donut on SpongeBob.

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Original storyboard of this episode that has Plankton doing a firearm reference.

• In the storyboard version, Plankton asks "So what happens after we shoot 'em?" and pretends to fire his jellyfish net like a rifle. SpongeBob responds "You don't shoot 'em!" In the finished episode, the firearm references were removed; in the final episode, Plankton does still hold his net like a rifle, but does not pretend to fire it. Instead, he asks "So what happens after we eat 'em?"
  • Additionally, SpongeBob and Plankton still mouth the word "shoot" while they say the word "eat."
• SpongeBob can be heard singing the "F.U.N. Song" again in "C.H.U.M.S."

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Bubble Bass sitting on Plankton.

• The scene where Bubble Bass sits on Plankton has become popular for YouTube Poop parody videos.
• This is the first episode for several things:
  • The first episode to have a designable text in the title card words and have a solid black background.
  • The first episode title to be in acronym form. The second is "C.H.U.M.S."
  • The first episode in which Plankton is confused for a jelly bean. The second is "Frozen Face-Off."
  • The first episode to use the APM tracks "A Pirate's Life For Me (A)" and "Kamakani B."
  • The first time SpongeBob is seen jellyfishing without his glasses.
• This is one of four episodes transcribed as a comic into the SpongeBob SquarePants/Tokyopop book Tales from Bikini Bottom. The other three were "Home Sweet Pineapple," "Prehibernation Week," and "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic."
• This is one of seven episodes in which the 1986 Paramount logo is plastered with the 2002 Paramount logo. The others are "Help Wanted," "Squeaky Boots," "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost," "Employee of the Month," "Karate Choppers," and "Rock Bottom."
• This episode was previously paired up with:
  • "Band Geeks" during the Nickelodeon Lie-a-Thon marathon on February 23, 2002, the SpongeBob SquarePants on Tour marathon, and December 3, 2019.
  • "The Algae's Always Greener" during the Plankton's Revenge marathon.
  • "Krusty Krab Training Video" during the Best Day Ever marathon on November 10, 2006.
  • "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" during the Friend or Foe: The Foe-down marathon on April 13 and April 14, 2007.
  • "Valentine's Day" during the SpongeBob Z to A Countdown marathon.
  • During The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash marathon, this episode was paired up with:
    • "Ripped Pants" on July 18, 2009.
    • "Pizza Delivery" on July 19, 2009.
  • "Jellyfishing" during the SpongeBob's Best Day Off Ever event.
  • "Texas" on May 19, 2020.
  • During the Best Buddies Week event, this episode was paired up with:
    • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" on July 27, 2020.
    • "Spy Buddies" on February 25, 2021.
• This episode was referenced in Nickverse as Plankton's Krabby Patty in this episode appears.
• The Chum Bucket is across the city instead of across the street from the Krusty Krab in this episode.
• In production order, this is the last episode written by Peter Burns. But in packaging order, his last episode was "Scaredy Pants".

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SpongeBob using a stove.

• At the start of the episode, Template:Data:Links is shown to be boiling a pot on a stove and wearing a hairnet. While it's unclear as to what he was making, he was never shown doing this again.

Dub facts

• This is the second episode where the German dub version has the exact same title card as the English version. The first is "Plankton!"

Cultural references

• The original title for this episode ("My Fair Plankton") is a reference to the Broadway musical and 1964 film, My Fair Lady.
• The Chum Bucket's special of the day is Chumbalaya, a parody of the Creole dish Jambalaya.

Errors

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SpongeBob's miscolored belt.

• While SpongeBob uses his Krusty Krab employee hat as a bouncing ball, the outline on his belt is on top of his shirt for a frame.
• When SpongeBob is thrown in the air, the sky is green. When he lands seconds later, it is blue.
• When Plankton is leaning against the door of the Chum Bucket, he appears to be about half as tall as the door.
• When SpongeBob and Plankton are at Jellyfish Fields, SpongeBob gives Plankton a jellyfish net, but in the next scene, Plankton is not seen with the net and it is not seen on the ground.
• In the opening where the red alert mode at the Krusty Krab is set off, SpongeBob is wearing a chef's hat. However, after Plankton exits the restaurant with a Krabby Patty, SpongeBob is seen in his normal employee hat.
  • In the first scene where the error occurs, the kitchen is very different, but when Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob he found out the latter's fun with Plankton, the kitchen is back to normal.
• The clams' mouths are out of sync with the animation during the "F.U.N. Song."

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SpongeBob's visible eyelashes mistake.

• As Mr. Krabs looks through a telescope at SpongeBob and Plankton, in the reflection, SpongeBob blinks his eyes, but his eyelashes are still seen for a split second.

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Plankton's missing legs.

• While Plankton says he took the Krabby Patty, his bottom and legs keep disappearing and reappearing.
• Plankton hits the wall on the very bottom of the movie screen, but he is at Mr. Krabs' eye level when Mr. Krabs reveals the wall.
• Mr. Krabs shows SpongeBob a wrinkled Krabby Patty, but in the next scene, it is normal.
• Bubble Bass eats jelly beans with no green one, but in the next scene, a green one suddenly appears.

Videos

• File:"F" is for FEAR! 🔴 - New SpongeBob Show - The Bikini Bottom Inquirer Ep 7
• File:'F.U.N. Song' ReadAlong ft. SpongeBob SquarePants
• File:Sing Along w the F.U.N. Song!! TuesdayTunes SpongeBob
• File:The F.U.N. Song REMIX! 🎶 SpongeBob
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - F.U.N. Song - Nickelodeon UK
• File:F.U.N Song Music Video IRL 🎵 - SpongeBob-2
• File:SpongeBob & Plankton Sing the F.U.N. Song! - SpongeBob Plush Toys - Toymation
• File:SpongeBob SquarePants - F U N Song (Instrumental version)
• File:SpongeBob's 'F.U.N.' Song with Puppets! - Nickelodeon Cartoon Universe
• File:SpongeBob Songs IRL 🎵 (ft. Gary Come Home, Grill Is Not A Home, + More!) - @SpongeBobOfficial
• File:SpongeBob's Best Songs Ever! 🎶 - 30 Minute Compilation - @SpongeBobOfficial
• File:45 MINUTES of SpongeBob Songs 🎶 - @SpongeBobOfficial

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Finnish	Ystävykset	Friends
French	Le blues du Plancton	Plankton Blues
German	F.U.N.	-
Hebrew	חברים Chaverim	Friends
Hungarian	Móka	Fun
Italian	Un plancton per amico	A Plankton for a Friend
Japanese	プランクトンは友達? Purankuton wa tomodachi?	Plankton is Your Friend?
Polish	Zabawa	Fun
Russian	Веселье Vesel'ye	Fun
Spanish (American)	Amistad interesada	Interested Friendship
Spanish (European)	¿Qué es divertirse?	What is Fun?