F.U.N.

Template:Episode "F.U.N." is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one.

Brief Summary: SpongeBob is convinced Plankton's so evil because he's lonely, so he befriends him. Unfortunately, everyone sees that Plankton is using SpongeBob to get the secret Krabby Patty recipe. It's up to Mr. Krabs to reveal Plankton's plot to SpongeBob.

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Police fish
• Karen
• Jellyfish
• Squidward Tentacles
• Krusty Krab customers
• Bubble Bass
• Mable

Songs:

• Jolly Good Rookie, perform by Mr. Krabs and other Bikini Bottomites

For he's a jolly good rookie

For he's a jolly good rookie,

For he's a jolly good rookie!

That nobody can...whatever...

• Entire Jolly Good Rookie Song

For he's a jolly good rookie,

for he's a jolly good rookie,

for he's a jolly good rookie!

That nobody can deny

• "The F.U.N. Song"

Plot

Things are going well at the Krusty Krab. Everyone is enjoying their Krabby Patties, until an alarm blares. Everyone is panicking, and Mr. Krabs shouts to Squidward "Can you spot him?" Squidward, looking through a telescope, replies "down there sir!" A small Krabby Patty mysteriously bounces to a wall, then makes a hole in it with a laser. It goes outside, and SpongeBob chases after it. After a long chase, SpongeBob finally catches the Krabby Patty, which is being stolen by Plankton. Plankton walks off looking really sad, and SpongeBob befriends him. A police fish makes SpongeBob 'Rookie of the day', and everyone sings 'For he's a jolly good rookie'. SpongeBob invites Plankton to jellyfish with him, and, realising he can take advantage of SpongeBob, Plankton goes. SpongeBob warns Plankton to "watch out for the stingers". As soon as he says this, Plankton imagines himself controlling a giant jellyfish shooting laser-like electricity everywhere. Plankton doesn't know what fun is, so SpongeBob tries to explain it by singing the F.U.N. song. Plankton makes up a version of his own, but SpongeBob interrupts him, claiming that "those things aren't what fun is all about!". Eventually, Plankton and SpongeBob sing the song together, and Plankton seems to finally be having fun. He is feeling all tingly inside and asks SpongeBob "Should we stop?" SpongeBob explains that this is how "fun" is supposed to feel. Plankton realizes that he likes the feeling, and the two sing the F.U.N. song 2. When Mr. Krabs finds out what's happening, he sets up a trap. They go to the cinema together, and Mr. Krabs shouts "reach into his pocket now and take what he's got!". Everyone reaches into each other's pockets and finds money. SpongeBob reaches into Plankton's pocket and finds a Krabby Patty. SpongeBob realises that Plankton used him to get a Krabby Patty, and Plankton runs off with it. However, he does not know that behind the cinema screen is a concrete wall (the movie said "Oh darling, I know nothing will ever tear us apart.", which is ironically just what happens because of Plankton). Plankton is squashed, and Mr. Krabs flicks him off the wall onto Bubble Bass' hand, who mistakes Plankton for a jellybean and chases him around his hand.

Cultural References

• The adventure music heard in the part where SpongeBob comes out of the sewer and looks for the Krabby Patty and then spots it is from Indiana Jones.
• The "He's a Jolly Good Rookie!" song can be heard in the My Gym Partner's a Monkey episode "Gorilla of My Dreams" during the "Her?" scene.

Trivia/Goofs

• When Plankton is leaning against the door of the Chum Bucket, he appears to be as big as the door.
• Closed-captioning errors: When Karen says, "Befriend the SpongeBob", original captions say, "Befriend the SpongeBob'". Also, later on she said, "What did you do with the Krabby Patty?", but captions say "Where's the Krabby Patty?" When she says to Plankton, "You're forgetting the mission", captions say, "Remember the mission".
• When the captions were supposed to say Bubble Bass, captions say Bubble Bath.
• F.U.N. was the top episode of Season #1 voted for the Best Day Ever Marathon.
• When SpongeBob says "But watch out for the stingers." captions say "watch out for stingers.".

APM Music Identification

• Dramatic Cue D - "Plankton, It's you!"
• Dramatic Cue D - Mr. Krabs shows a picture to SpongeBob