Plankton is tired of the Chum Bucket's lack of business, so he attempts to remodel it and fails due to size deduction. As a result, he trick's SpongeBob and Patrick into fixing it up by whimpering an excuse for him not to remodel. Soon he realizes that they both have done
everything wrong and breaks down sobbing about his failure, which attracts their loyalty towards him to make the Chum Bucket a success.
Soon after seeing their progress, Squidward criticizes them and tells them that they are not painting correctly. He joins in and paints different, unexpected art on the front of the restaurant.
Plankton sees Squidward’s joining the experiment , as an opportunity to purloin the Krabby Patty secret formula, but Plankton thinks that Squidward's art is paintings of himself, causing him to repaint it into a log cabin. SpongeBob requests something to drink, but Plankton says that his pipes are not working and he can't get water even if he wanted to, they were rusted shut. This causes SpongeBob and Patrick to start replacing every part of the Chum Bucket with parts from the Krusty Krab.
When Plankton slides into the safe after the others are still working, he finds out that Mr. Krabs is nowhere to be seen and has replaced the formula with a to-do list. An angry Plankton bursts out of the safe, he sees the Krusty Krab is gone and in the place of the Chum Bucket. Mr. Krabs then returns and it turns out that he was on vacation (on a safari maybe) and keeps the formula in another safe while away (inside him). He sees the rearranging of his business and literally pushes the Krusty Krab back to its normal spot. He picks Plankton up and is about to tell Plankton to the usual stay away from his restaurant speech. However, an exasperated Plankton cuts him off by finishing the sentence for him, as Mr. Krabs is confused. Plankton states they've done this many times and he to do save Mr. Krabs the trouble, with Plankton launching himself back to the Chum Bucket, which is completely gone. He tells a frustrated Karen not to nag him after the day he just had.
After about 1 day, Mr. Krabs is enjoying the remodeled Krusty Krab, which was remodeled by Squidward, who used parts of the Chum Bucket, including the floors of the restaurant for the new wall areas, the walls of it for the central fountain, and Plankton's wife, Karen, like the computer.
The episode ends with a customer wanting to order a Krabby Patty for $25,00, until Mr. Krabs persuades him to get four of them for $100 because of the decorations.
Although this episode premiered in 2007, it was made in 2006 according to the credits.
This episode was available on the Bikini Bottom Adventures DVD, released on June 5, 2007, over a month before it aired on television.
Karen implies it is the poor upkeep of the Chum Bucket that keeps customers away, but numerous other episodes imply that it is really the poor quality of the food.
Squidward uses SpongeBob's line "Everyone's a critic" from "Frankendoodle."
This episode marks the first time the basement of the Krusty Krab is seen.
This episode marks the first time Karen works at the Krusty Krab.
When SpongeBob talks to Squidward and says, "He calls it 'pizzazz'," SpongeBob blinks his eyes but his eyelashes are still seen for a split second.
When Plankton is talking to SpongeBob before entering the Chum Bucket, SpongeBob has paint on him, but in the next shot, it is gone.
His painter's hat also disappears.
Plankton shows SpongeBob why he can't have a drink. But before Plankton goes off-stage when they enter, he disappears.
When Plankton and SpongeBob walk over to the window that Patrick made, it has eight bolts on it. However, after Plankton notices that the window is closed, it has six bolts on it. Then, when Patrick comments on how weird it is for Plankton wanting to see out the window, it has seven bolts. Finally, after Plankton bites off one of the bolts, eight spots are seen again.
After doors fall on Plankton, his eyebrow is missing for three seconds.
At the end of the episode, Squidward says he built a computer out of Karen, but in the scene, prior to that one, she is okay even after the Chum Bucket is destroyed.
