*In one scene, inside the Chum Bucket, SpongeBob's eyelashes disappear.
*When this episode is shown in Canada, the description for the episode is mistakenly shown as the description for "[[Sanitation Insanity]]" and "[[Bunny Hunt]]." [[File:Nose behind mouth error.jpg|thumb|260px|Squidward's nose is behind his mouth.]]
*When this episode is shown in Canada, the description for the episode is mistakenly shown as the description for "[[Sanitation Insanity]]" and "[[Bunny Hunt]]." [[File:Nose behind mouth error.jpg|thumb|260px|Squidward's nose is behind his mouth.]]
*When SpongeBob takes off the cat burglar suit, Squidward's nose is behind his mouth for one frame.
*When SpongeBob takes off the cat burglar suit, Squidward's nose is behind his mouth for one frame.
The episode begins with SpongeBob and Squidward cleaning Mr. Krabs' room, with Mr. Krabs telling them to watch over the formula. Meanwhile, Plankton is using an invisibility cloak to steal the formula, and ends up doing so when Squidward accidentally throws it out due to being in the trash. He goes back to the Chum Bucket to tell Karen this, and she becomes extremely happy.
SpongeBob tries to look for the formula, but can't find it. SpongeBob and Squidward look at the security footage to see what happened, and see that Plankton had stole it. They devise a plan to steal the formula back, while Plankton fails to open the formula due to there being a 12 hour time lock.
SpongeBob and Squidward go inside the Chum Bucket, right when Plankton finishes watching his show and goes to bed. After SpongeBob makes sure Plankton's asleep, they face many obstacles before eventually reaching the safe. However, whenever SpongeBob steps on a tile, he activates a trap which hurts Squidward. When they finally reach the safe, SpongeBob tries to take it, but this causes a rocket to take SpongeBob and Squidward and blast them outside of the restaurant.
Mr. Krabs comes back to the Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob and Squidward tell him that Plankton stole the formula. He gets very mad, but ends up stealing the formula back very easily by punching a hole through the safe outside the restaurant. The episode ends with Plankton mad that his formula is gone, while Mr. Krabs puts SpongeBob and Squidward in his safe to further protect the formula.
‣Discovery - Benny Carter [Title card] •Another Krusty Krab Day 3 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Squidward clean Mr. Krabs' office.] ‣Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton puts on invisibility helmet.] ‣Toy Piano - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob puts the secret formula bottle in a trash can.] ‣Who Said That - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward drops trash on the trash can and dumps outside.] ‣Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr ["The secret formula!"] ‣Tricks and Traps - James McConnel [Plankton takes the formula/Plankton enters the Chum Bucket with the formula.] ‣Sailor's Sting 24 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob cleaning Mr. Krabs' desk.] ‣Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob notices the formula's gone.] ‣Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford ["The formula?!"] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks (r) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Squidward searching for the formula in the trash outside.] •M'Wanna - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cries.] ‣Fooling Around 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick and Bubble Bass are seen on the security footage.] ‣A Casual Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [The formula is seen in movement on the security footage.] ‣Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton is seen with the formula on the security footage.] ‣Noodly Shenanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton trying to remove the cork from the bottle.] ‣ ? ["Open sesame!"] ‣Noodly Shenanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton uses flamethrower and dynamite to remove the cork.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks (h) - Jeremy Wakefield ["It's no use, Karen. It won't budge."] ‣Noodly Shenanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Cork has a time lock.] •Tip Toe Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Closing time at the Krusty Krab.] ‣Slinky Panther Pants - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Squidward sneak into the Chum Bucket.] ‣New Threat - Roger Roger [Plankton watching a scary movie.] ‣ ? - unknown public domain movie soundtrack samples [Plankton watching a scary movie] ‣Humorous Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton preparing for bed.] ‣Happy Links 6-9 - Paul Fenoulhet [Plankton arrives at his bedroom.] ‣Mission Improbable - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob makes sure that Plankton is slept.] ‣Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer [Spot growls at SpongeBob and Squidward.] ‣Droopy - Arthur Wilkinson [Spot licking Squidward.] ‣Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob gets an idea.] ‣Hot Steel and Slide Licks (z) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes a spent fuel rod.] ‣Eight Comical Cuts - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob plays fetch with Spot.] ‣Dirty Dick - Ralph Dollimore [Karen appears in sleep mode.] ‣Dramatic Episode 2 - Kurt Rehfeld [SpongeBob and Squidward arrive at another part of Chum Bucket.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks (b) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes a Plankton's prison photo.] ‣Space Horizons - Wolf Helling [Retina scans Plankton's photo.] ‣Discovery - Benny Carter [Traps fall on Squidward while trying to approach to the safe.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks (c) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes Squidward's remains into the bucket.] ‣Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [Safe opens.] ‣Crime and Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Alarm goes off and Squidward and SpongeBob get into a rocket.] ‣Sailor's Sting 24 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs arrives at the Krusty Krab at the morning.] ‣Hot Steel and Slide Licks - Jeremy Wakefield ["Why are you two smoldering?"] ‣Deeply Moving Experience - Gerhard Trede [SpongeBob confesses Mr. Krabs that the secret formula is on the Chum Bucket.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks (l) - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs steals the formula back from the Chum Bucket.] •Hot Steel and Slide Licks (e) - Jeremy Wakefield [Spot in Plankton's safe.] ‣Ahoy Landlubbers - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Ah... I'm sure glad the formula is back in the safe where it belongs, Mr. Krabs."] ‣Unknown Track 99 - ? [Ending]
Karen's "kissy face" screensaver from "Grandmum's the Word" reappears when she kisses Plankton.
When Squidward turns on the Krusty Krab's security footage, a drawing of DoodleBob can be seen on the bottom of the table, referencing both "Frankendoodle" and "Doodle Dimension."
SpongeBob mimicking Plankton is a reference to "Mimic Madness."
Plankton turning into a genie when he is trying to open the Krabby Patty formula, which is a reference to "Spin the Bottle." He also says "Open Sesame," which is a reference to Patrick saying the same thing in "Survival of the Idiots."
Squidward's claustrophobia from "Wishing You Well" is brought up again in the ending.
Squidward getting burnt by fire is similar to the deleted scene from "Just One Bite."
The piano that fell on Squidward is similar to SpongeBob dropping a piano on Plankton twice in "Fear of a Krabby Patty."
When Squidward turns on the Krusty Krab's security footage, the date 05-01-99 (May 1, 1999) can be seen on the bottom of the table. This is a reference to the airdate of "Help Wanted," the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.
The scenes from the horror movie Plankton was watching also appears in "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" on on Karen's screen.
Plankton's bedroom in this episode is completely different from the bedroom he was previously shown with in "One Coarse Meal." Also, in "One Coarse Meal," Plankton sleeps in his bedroom alone, but in this episode, Karen and Plankton both share the same bedroom. As a result, "Bottle Burglars" is the first time that both Plankton and Karen are shown sleeping together in the same room.
This is the second episode to show Plankton's skinned form. The first is "Plankton's Regular."
This is the third appearance of Spot, the first being in "Plankton's Pet" and the second being in "Spot Returns."
Cultural references
When Spot chases after the fuel rod that SpongeBob threw, the lightsaber activation sound from Star Wars is heard.
The boat that falls on top of Squidward is the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg on April 15, 1912.
