Fiasco!

Characters

Plot

The scene opens with Patrick, dressed in a business suit, asking where he can get something to eat. Squidward walks in and tells him the answer is before him: the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs, dressed in a leotard, jumps out of the Krusty Krab, introducing Spongebob, who slides down a rainbow to his side, and Squidward, who rides a dolphin while holding a plate with Krabby Patties, which Patrick eats. Suddenly, Spongebob's voice is heard describing Patrick's actions, then the scene turns to Spongebob and Mr. Krabs in front of a storyboard planned for a commercial. Mr. Krabs asks why he's in a leotard, and Spongebob says it's because he's the mascot. Mr. Krabs does not like this, and tears up the storyboard. A dejected Spongebob walks to Squidward's counter, sighing. When Squidward ignores him, he sighs again and again, each sigh more drawn-out than the one before, until Squidward gets so annoyed he asks what's troubling him. Squidward tells him about his problems, but Squidward doesn't care. As he walks into the dining area, Squidward notices a patron squirting ketchup onto a pile of Krabby Patties. The patron slaps the pile, and the Krabby Patties fall down. He asks Squidward for mustard, which he squirts onto a plate. When the patron leaves, Squidward looks at the plate and recognizes it as the artstyle of Fiasco. Mr. Krabs is about to throw it away when Squidward tells him it's actually a masterpiece. People run over to him, offering to buy it from him, but Mr. Krabs, seeing an opportunity to make money, tries to take the artwork from Squidward, and they argue who really owns it. Just then, Farfel Bainbridge, an art evaluator, comes in and declares the work to be a national treasure, thus meaning neither Mr. Krabs nor Squidward own it. Mr. Krabs will allow people to view it in his restaurant for free, provided they buy Krabby Patties (two each).

Later, Plankton sees the artwork, and mistakes it garbage. Planning to reverse-engineer the recipe, he steals it. He is immediately chased by police officers who dog him every step of the way, from a movie theatre, a grocery store, and a satellite in space. When he loses them, he is baffled as to why police are chasing him, rather than Mr. Krabs. At night, he knocks on Patrick's rock, but when Patrick answers, he angrily tells him that he's got a busy day of doing nothing tomorrow. Plankton goes to Spongebob's home, using a spoon to hold him and Gary hostage, and demands an explanation as to why the police are after him. Spongebob explains that what he has stolen is in fact a work of art. Plankton gets the idea to sell the artwork, and declares Spongebob and Gary to be accomplices to his crime. Patrick comes in, and yells at everyone for making so much noise as to keep him awake, while eating something. Spongebob asks what it is, and Patrick reveals it was the artwork, which he mistook for hors d'oeuvres.

Suddenly, Squidward bursts in with the police, having called them because Spongebob was making so much noise. When they see Plankton, they immediately arrest him, along with Squidward and everyone else. At the police station, Plankton is locked away. Spongebob, Gary, and Patrick are free since Mr. Krabs explains they were not involved with the theft. But since the artwork is now in Patrick's stomach, Mr. Krabs has him stand behind an X-Ray machine which shows the artwork inside him. Fiasco is moved by Patrick's style. The scene pans to Squidward, behind bars, asking about his phone call.

Trivia

Fiasco is the name of the artist who burned Squidward 's sculpture in Are You Happy Now.
This is the second appearance of Fiasco.
The Old Man Jenkins from My Pretty Seahorse makes a cameo.
A new movie theatre debuts.
This is the third time Squidward goes to jail. The first was in Good Ol' Whatshisname, and the second was Professor Squidward.
In this episode, Squidward was blamed in the most unfair, ridiculous way possible. He never did anything as a crime. In fact he actually helped the police by turning in plankton.
This is the fourth time Plankton goes to jail. The first was The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The second was Krabby Road, and the third was Sweet and Sour Squid.
SpongeBob wouldn't be arrested for harboring a criminal, because he wasn't serving, or helping him out.
Dale had a blue shirt not a red one
Old Man Jenkins had two look first when plakton when in the store and diffrent when he left