Eugene H. Krabs

Eugene H. Krabs, better known as simply Mr. Krabs, is a fictional character on the Nickelodeon animated television comedy seriesSpongeBob SquarePants. Eugene H. Krabs is the penny-pinching owner and founder of the Krusty Krab, a fast food restaurant in Bikini Bottom. In his childhood, he formed a friendship with Sheldon J. Plankton which eventually turned into a bitter rivalry. He is voiced by Clancy Brown. He has been accused of being a robot imposter by SpongeBob SquarePants twice.

Biography

Early life

Mr. Krabs, born Eugene Harold Krabs on November 30, 1942, was the son of Betsy Krabs and an unknown father. He is a descendant of the medieval King, King Krabs. Ever since medieval times, his family has kept a secret recipe for the secret sauce of the family burger- the Krabby Patty But he said that he came from a family of pirates. Later in life, Krabs would go into business selling these. In his childhood, times were rough and Mr. Krabs and his family were poor. Mr. Krabs' mother had to sew rags for clothes. Their neighbor, Old Man Jenkins of whom Mr. Krabs thought as family helped them through rough times.

Plankton, born on the same day as Krabs, was his best friend from birth. While at the carnival, Mr. Krabs was amazed at a penny he found, when Plankton told him all about money. Since then, Eugene H. Krabs has always been a penny-pinching financial genius, like he is in the present day. In the episode "My Pretty Seahorse", Mr. Krabs told SpongeBob of a story about his father giving him $1.00 at the age of five years old. He recalls that he loved that dollar; however, he spent it on a soda, one hot day at the beach.

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Young Eugene and Sheldon in "Friend or Foe."

Because of his family's poverty, Mr. Krabs was teased at Poseidon Elementary School, where Plankton was his only friend. The only place to get a burger in Bikini Bottom, was Stinky Burger, which was owned by a wealthy citizen, Stinky. Krabs and Plankton wanted to get a burger there but Stinky did not like them hanging around his restaurant. After seeing Stinky's wealth, this inspired Krabs and Plankton to create their own burger. When they finally completed it, no one was around to buy it. Upon seeing Old Man Jenkins there, he was the first to try the "Plabs burger." However, the burger was contaminated and Jenkins was knocked out. This caused Plankton and Krabs to argue about the burger. Plankton attempted to steal the formula, which ripped in half. Plankton took his half of the formula and decided to go into business alone. A shelf in their dump restaurant collapsed, which combined certain ingredients together to form a perfect burger batch. Both Plankton and Krabs attempted to sell their separate creations separately, where only Krabs succeeded. Since the recipe is said to be an old Krabs family recipe, Mr. Krabs' accidental recipe for a burger patty combined with his family's secret sauce. This leads Mr. Krabs to start a business which lead his family out of poverty. Mr. Krabs and his family lived in a pink house where Mrs. Krabs lives in the present and his bed and toys are still there.

Career

Mr. Krabs' career began after a war, where he was secluded in a deep depression that seemed endless. His luck changed when he bought a local bankrupt retirement home, "The Rusty Krab," which he decided to turn into a restaurant, adding a K to "Rusty". He decided to go into business selling his family's Krabby Patty burger. It was revealed to be a family secret in "Enemy In-Law." and it was King Krabs who named the burger, back in the Middle Ages. In Grandpappy the Pirate, Mr. Krabs is shown to have once been a pirate. In 1959, a chum famine wiped out all of the chum crops, causing Krabs to stop giving breaks to his employees. An Olympics-type sporting event that was started about 1981, called The Fry Cook Games, runs every year. Krabs and Plankton compete in the games, in which Krabs hopes to glorify his restaurant. Mr. Krabs won gold one year for a challenge by lifting a pickles-dumbell, however lost to Plankton in the Onion-Ring Routine. The Krusty Krab has come close to going out of business due to such rival restaurants as the aforementioned Chum Bucket, Pretty Patty stand,and KelpShakes just to name a few. The building is also in serious disrepair, as its walls ooze green slime, and it has seriously faulty electrical wiring. Mr. Krabs' idea of maintenance is to simply place giant bandages on cracks in the walls, which obviously is inadequate. In the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Mr. Krabs opened The Krusty Krab 2, right next to his original burger joint. He chose Squidward to manage the restaurant, much to SpongeBob's dismay. In Squilliam Returns, he was hired as the Chef, but was really terrible. He had created the monster Appetizer too. It could have devoured him, and he created it whether by genetic engineering or cooking other recipe ingredients that gave the meal DNA. It is revealed after this that he used to at one time clean the bathrooms on the SS Gormet but was the head chef on the SS Diarrhea.

Character

Mr. Krabs is short, red and plump and has two white-green eyestalks on top of his head, crinkled nose, two claws, and very short legs. He wears a blue shirt and slacks.

Krabs sometimes identifies himself as a sailor, most likely because he did serve in the Navy at one point. The Navy was where he earned the nickname "Armor Abs Krabs" and was 5 time "Golden Claw". During his service, he cleaned toilets on the S.S. Gourmet and "head chef" on the "S.S. Diarrhea". Many times when he appears onscreen, sailor's music is played; Krabs uses sea-faring vocabulary; he calls his staff his 'crew', and the disagreement as 'mutiny', calls the bathroom the 'head'. His laugh is also appropriate ('Ar 'ar 'ar 'ar 'ar').

In contrast to his namesake, Krabs is something of a miser; he is known to go insane if he has to give up so much as a penny. His money-hunger may stem from the fact that he was extremely poor and had to wear rags as a child before he made his first Krabby Patty. In "Born Again Krabs", he gave SpongeBob up to the Flying Dutchman for sixty two cents (despite the fact that SpongeBob put his life on the line to protect him from the Dutchman), but repented seconds later. When customers leave the restaurant because they do not like the food (which is usually due to SpongeBob or Squidward's inaccuracies), he uses catchphrases - these include "That's me money walkin' out the door!", or "There's gonna be a few changes around here!" His treatment of his employees is also just as miserly; he frequently breaks minimum wage laws, and SpongeBob said he makes less than a nickel a year and even once claimed that they have to pay him. Also, he refuses to turn the thermostat at the Krusty Krab up even one degree no matter how cold it gets, as it "costs money".

In multiple episodes, he takes advantage of something in order to make money, only to have it backfire later on; for example, in "The Krusty Sponge", after a food critic gives the Krusty Krab a good review because of SpongeBob, he completely changed the Krusty Krab to center all around SpongeBob; SpongeBob condiments, SpongeBob train rides, SpongeBob napkins, SpongeBob ice cubes, and even "Spongy Patties" (really old, rotten Krabby Patties). The "Spongy Patties" are when he goes too far, as all the customers suffer food poisoning, and he is arrested by one of the customers, who happens to be a cop.

He also seems to have little respect for royalty; in "Rule of Dumb", when Patrick is declared the "King of Bikini Bottom", Mr. Krabs only allows him to eat there because he thinks that Patrick is rich, and, when he finds out that Patrick didn't intend to pay at all, he promptly kicks SpongeBob and Patrick out, yelling, "Nobody eats at my restaurant for free, king or no king!" One possible reason behind his miserly ways is revealed in "Money Talks"; it is revealed that he has sold his soul to numerous ghosts (including the Flying Dutchman) and SpongeBob ("He was five bucks short on payday."). He can also be quite petty. In one episode where the Chum Bucket gets a regular customer, Mr. Krabs breaks down crying, saying that he can't let Plankton have even one solitary customer even though Plankton said beforehand that he wouldn't try to steal the Krabby Patty formula anymore. Another example is when Mr Krabs goes to incredible length's to aqquire a penny that Spongebob found, the irony being that all that he did to get it most likely cost him more than the single penny he desired.

Mr. Krabs often seems to be somewhat harsh and cruel; he often threatens to fire SpongeBob in order to force him to do tasks for him, and in "Karate Choppers" even did so due to SpongeBob's obsession with karate (even though Sandy was the one attacking him and SpongeBob was just standing there), though he reconsidered after Sandy explained the situation to him.

However, he's a caring and thoughtful crab; he appreciates his employees, SpongeBob SquarePants and Squidward Tentacles (who help keep his restaurant afloat), dotes on his daughter, Pearl Krabs, and in one episode, he found his second love (after money), Mrs. Puff (in "Krusty Love"). Mr. Krabs' arch rival and somewhat friend is Sheldon J. Plankton, the owner of rival restaurant The Chum Bucket across the street from his establishment. He has a mother, Mama Krabs, who lives in a near identical version of his anchor home, except it is pink. His address was also revealed to be 3541 Anchor Way. Mr. Krabs tries to keep it cheap when purchasing anything, even though he's the richest crab in the ocean, which often results in Pearl becoming extremely disappointed in her gifts, such as on her 16th birthday or the infamous "Squeaky Boots". Mr. Krabs also owns a pet worm named "Mr. Doodles" as seen in the episode "As Seen On TV". It is also shown in the episode "Mid-Life Crustacean" that he can extend his arms to great distances to collect items. In the episode Band Geeks it is also revealed that Mr. Krabs also has the ability to play the keytar.

He is also incredibly fit for someone his age and weight as he has demonstrated titanic strength on a number of occasions; in "Squeaky Boots", he lifted the whole Krusty Krab, filled with numerous customers and SpongeBob, like a feather, in Bucket Sweet Bucket he pushed the whole krusty krab across the street and the threw it in to the air, In "Le Big Switch", when the customers would not leave he went round to the back of the restaurant and lifted the side up tipping every one out. He also has an incredible sense of smell; in "Hooky", he tracks SpongeBob and Patrick down by scent alone at least a few hours after they had left the Krusty Krab.

Quotes

• "SQUIDWARD! SPONGEBOB!"
• "I'm Mr. Krabs! I love money!"
• "The money is always right!"
• "PLANKTON!!"
• "Button down the hatches, Mr. Squidward! We're taking on water, Mr. Squidward! I want my mommy, Mr. Squidward!"
• "But this is crazy! I didn't do it!"
• "Money talks."
• "SpongeBoy me bob!"
• "MORE!"
• "That's me money walking out the door!!!"
• "Only the captain says 'Argh'"
• "Get it, SpongeBob. GET IT! GET IT! GET IT! GET IT! GET IT!"
• "All's well that ends well."
• "Well, these claws ain't just for attracting mates!"
• "Give to the childrens' fund; why should I? What have children ever done for me?"

Notes

• He owes his soul to many monsters and SpongeBob (for being $5.00 short on payday)
• He had many near-death experiences.
• His greed is the most famous greed in Bikini Bottom.
• He had fought off skeletons before to get his $1,000,000-dollar fortune Soda-Drinking Hat.
• He cleaned the bathrooms on the S.S. Gourmet and was the head chef on the S.S. Diarrhea.
• He was known as "Armor abs Krabs" in his younger days.
• His and Plankton's birthday seems to be on "Starfish Day".
• There is a very common animation goof with his eyes turning white.
• He is known to cry more often than other characters on the show.
• He is often known by Patrick as the 'Sweaty guy' that Spongebob works for.