Fear of a Krabby Patty
"Fear of a Krabby Patty" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 4. In this episode, the Krusty Krab opens up for 24 hours as part of Plankton's plan, and it causes SpongeBob to become afraid of Krabby Patties.
Characters
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Dr. Peter Lankton (single appearance)
- Karen Plankton
- Incidentals
- Incidental 13 (cameo)
- Incidental 63
- Incidental 42
- Fred
- Incidental 92
- Incidental 9 (cameo)
- Incidental 41 (cameo)
- Incidental 11 (cameo)
- Incidental 64
- Old Man Walker (cameo)
- Incidental 47
- Tom
- Dream Jellyfish
- Dream Shelley
- Gary the Snail (written on bowl in SpongeBob's dream room)
- Patty (single appearance)
Synopsis
The episode begins with Mr. Krabs making new business hours for the Krusty Krab, until he sees that Plankton has the Chum Bucket open for 23 hours every day, so he decides to have the restaurant open 24/7. It is then revealed Plankton opened his restaurant 23 hours as part of his plan to get SpongeBob to collapse from exhaustion so that he'll be tired enough to tell him the formula.
After ten days of nonstop service, Plankton sees SpongeBob is not exhausted, so he calls Mr. Krabs using a fake name, Dr. Peter Lankton, to order 10,000 Krabby Patties so he can get SpongeBob's mind to crack from exhaustion and make him tell him the formula. Mr. Krabs gives the order to SpongeBob, without any breaks. A montage of the Krusty Krab being opening everyday is shown, while Plankton laughs maniacally in amusement because his plan is working very well. After 43 days of cooking nonstop, SpongeBob starts cooking Krabby Patties the wrong way.
When Mr. Krabs comes to check up on SpongeBob, he sees his boss as a Krabby Patty, scaring him. When he goes outside, he visualizes everyone as killer Krabby Patties and starts panicking. When Mr. Krabs sees that SpongeBob is somehow afraid of Krabby Patties now as evidenced by him screaming at the sight of them, he realizes something is wrong with his head and tells him he should go to a psychiatrist to find out why.
At the same time, Plankton secretly gives a flier to SpongeBob to come to his place so he can get the formula, by disguising himself as a nice psychiatrist named Dr. Peter Lankton and the Chum Bucket as his psychiatric center. He tries several methods but fails to get SpongeBob to tell the formula due to his fear and improper ways of participating.
Eventually, Plankton uses hypnosis to get the formula out of SpongeBob, but this ends up curing his phobia, as it gives him a dream where he conquers his fears, meaning Plankton saved SpongeBob from his phobia with hypnosis as all he needed was just some sleep. When SpongeBob goes back to the Krusty Krab, the episode ends with Mr. Krabs now opening the restaurant for 23 hours a day instead of 24. The two laugh over it, but Mr. Krabs shuts him up and sends him back to work.
Production
The episode was finished on January 9, 2005 and confirmed by SpongeBuddy Mania on February 4, 2005.[6] The New York Post would officially announce the episode on April 8, 2005, along with its sister and the release of the fourth season.[7]
Art
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Drawing by Clint Bond.[8]
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Drawing by Clint Bond, from the same source.
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Storyboards
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Storyboard of a deleted scene where the Krabby Patties take SpongeBob inside a cave.
Model sheets
Deleted scenes
On the storyboard featured on the Fear of a Krabby Patty DVD, Plankton is shown waiting for SpongeBob instead of him having to get him up immediately after sitting down. There was another one when a bunch of Krabby Patties from a cave bring SpongeBob to his bed after he gets eaten by a Krabby Patty in his dream. Yet again, SpongeBob says another "K-R-A-B-B-Y-P-A-T-T-Y says I" during the day/night montage. Also, SpongeBob talks to Krabby Patties more in the storyboard animation. Squidward having bags in his eyes was originally going to be the ending theme.
Music
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ March of the Aliens [#7] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Title card]
‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [The opening.]
‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney ["The Chum Bucket open 23 hours?!"]
• Hello Blues - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob pinching himself]
‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede ["Open 24 hours, eh?"]
‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters ["I don't care if we stay open till the day after the end of time."]
• Solo Steel 4 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Mr. Krabs, can I go home yet?"/"You could learn a few things from that boy."]
• Solo Steel 3 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob kisses the Krabby Patty.]
‣ Hercule Poirot - Gerhard Trede ["Drat! He's not collapsing from exhaustion."]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs crushes Plankton]
• Motivating March - Nicolas Carr ["Kick it into high gear! We got a big order!"]
‣ Idyll in the Clouds - Ludo Philipp ["Now, make me 10,000 patties!"]
‣ Worker's Symphony - Hans May [The montage of the Krusty Krab being opened for 24 hours]
• record scratches SFX - Nicolas Carr ["Anyone know how many days it's been?"]
‣ Twilight Zone - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob hallucinates Mr. Krabs as a giant Krabby Patty/SpongeBob hallucinates Mr. Krabs as a giant Krabby Patty again]
‣ House of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob screams.]
‣ Twilight Zone - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["Stay back! I'm warning you!"]
‣ House Of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob sees giant patties everywhere/SpongeBob screams again/"I want to live!"/Squidward is shown exhausted]
‣ House Of Horror [#10.4] - W. Merrick Farran ["Everywhere I look, I see killer Krabby Patties."]
‣ Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob screaming]
‣ Planet Surface - Gregor F. Narholz ["What does this mean?"]
• Mystery Sting - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs thinks SpongeBob should see a psychiatrist]
‣ Fear 1 - Louis Clark ["Dr. Peter Lankton, Psychiatrist."]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Well, this looks like the place."]
‣ Like Strange - Kenny Graham [Chum Bucket disguised as psychiatrist's office]
‣ Games Played in the Dark - Richard A. Harvey [Plankton with a beard]
‣ Towerstreet 17 [#29] - Gerhard Narholz [SpongeBob closes his eyes]
‣ The Killing Ground (A) - Richard A. Harvey ["They're coming for me!"]
• Piano Crash - Nicolas Carr [Piano crashes on Plankton]
‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [Plankton tries word association on SpongeBob; Plankton tries word on cards with SpongeBob.]
• Piano Crash - Nicolas Carr [Card piano crashes on Plankton]
‣ Mists Of Illusion - Gilbert Vinter [Plankton hypnotizes SpongeBob]
• Hypno Sponge Vibe - Nicolas Carr [Vibraphone overlays "Mists Of Illusion"]
• Trumpet & Percussion - Nicolas Carr [Plankton plays the trumpet and the snare drum]
• Sponge Phone - Nicolas Carr [Cell phone rings]
• Flask Back Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Camera zooms in on SpongeBob]
• Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob dreams about jellyfishing]
‣ March of the Aliens [#7] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob eaten by giant Krabby Patty]
‣ Camilla - Nino Nardini [The patty gives him gifts]
• Dream Out - Nicolas Carr [Camera zooms in on SpongeBob again]
• Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob wakes up]
‣ The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [The ending.]
Release
Distribution
Reception
- This episode received an Annie Award at the 33rd Annie Awards in 2005 for Best Writing in a Television Production.[9]
- This episode and "Shell of a Man" were nominated for an Emmy at the 2005 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).[10]
- This episode received the Special Award for a TV Series at the 2005 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[11]
- "Fear of a Krabby Patty" was ranked #11 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
- "Fear of a Krabby Patty" was ranked #35 during the SpongeBob's Top 100 event in the UK and Ireland from June 4-8, 2012.
Trivia
General
- This is the first episode for many things:
- The first episode to be produced and aired after the release of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- Paul Tibbitt's first episode as the showrunner and supervising producer, replacing Stephen Hillenburg and Derek Drymon respectively.
- Despite this, Hillenburg still remained as an executive producer in the end credits. He later returned to the series after The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, starting with the season 9 episode "Lost in Bikini Bottom," until his death.
- Vincent Waller's first episode as technical director.
- This is also the first episode where he is not a writer nor a storyboard artist.
- Alan Smart's first episode as an animation director since season 1's "Jellyfishing."
- Tim Hill's first episode as a story editor, replacing Merriwether Williams.
- He also previously served as the story editor for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- Starting with this episode, the cast for each segment is listed separately in the end credits.
- The first episode to feature Mark Fite as a cast member.
- The first episode where SpongeBob's cheeks face outwards instead of inward, which becomes his prominent design onwards.
- The inward cheeks only appear on occasion.
- The first episode to play the tracks "Lap Steel," "Towerstreet 17" and "Twilight Zone."
- The first episode to use the following tracks:
- "Hello Blues" since "Procrastination." It was totally absent in season 3.
- "Solo Steel 3 Wakefield" since "I'm with Stupid."
- "Solo Steel 4 Wakefield" since "Gary Takes a Bath."
- The first time hypnosis is used or mentioned in the series. Hypnosis later gets used again in "Professor Squidward" and "SpongeBob's Bad Habit," whereas it was only mentioned in "Barnacle Face."
- The first episode to be PAL-pitched in some countries.[citation needed]
- Out of all the episodes that were the first to air in a specific calendar year this episode holds the record as the latest.
- Storyboard artists are not credited in remastered reprints of this episode along with its sister, likely for consistency with the rest of the season.
- This was C.H. Greenblatt's final episode on the show as a writer and storyboard director before leaving to work on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and later to create the show Chowder. Before his departure, he would also provide the voice of Carl in "Selling Out."
- The Krusty Krab was open 24 hours a day, for 43 days, with no breaks.
- This means that SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs stayed awake for an astounding 1,032 hours.
- The drive-thru that was installed in "Driven to Tears" is seen when Mr. Krabs announces Day 10 of non-stop service.
- Both "House Of Horror" and "Twilight Zone" play combined with one another when SpongeBob starts to show his fear.
- This episode was completed in early 2005, while the prior episode "Pranks a Lot" was completed in mid-2002, creating a two and a half year gap in production.
- Old Man Walker breaks the fourth wall by asking why he is moving.
- This episode was paired up with different episodes several times:
- During the Massive Monster Mayhem Marathon, this episode was paired with "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm."[12]
- On the October 3, 2020 airing, this episode was paired up with "Ghost Host."[13]
- During the Week of All Things SpongeBob event on February 3, 2025, this episode was paired up with "Selling Out."[14]
- Plankton's eye seems to be much smaller in the last half of this episode, due to his beard.
- Plankton is revealed to have a cell phone.
- This is the second episode where the Krusty Krab is open 24/7. The first was "Graveyard Shift."
- However, unlike in the aforementioned episode, Mr. Krabs stays at the restaurant with his employees and thus suffers from the same lack of sleep that they do.
- Plankton's psychiatric methods for SpongeBob:
- Asking him to close his eyes and picture what he sees; he imagines giant Krabby Patties attacking him, causing him to throw a piano on Plankton out of nowhere.
- Saying a word, followed by SpongeBob saying the first word that pops into his head; he repeats everything Plankton says.
- Arranging cards of Krabby Patty ingredients into any order he wants; he arranges them into a piano, which falls on Plankton.
- Hypnotherapy; this is what cures him of his fear, as he gets a dream where he resolves to make patties again.
- If played in slow motion, Plankton's ringtone is the theme song.
- This episode plays all the main Solo Steels except for "Solo Steel 1."
- This, along with its sister episode, both end with SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs laughing.
- This episode has several memes, specifically "Where'd you get that piano?"
Dub facts
- In the Greek dub, Mr. Krabs says, "-the Chum Bucket is open 24 hours!" instead of "-the Krusty Krab is open 24 hours!", but it was a mistake from the Greek voice actor.
- In the Russian dub, Squidward says they have been working for 48 days straight, meaning the Krusty Krew has been up for an even longer period, which is 1,152 hours, 120 more hours than in the normal American version.
- Also, when Mr. Krabs says that they are working for 15 days, the Russian dub says 10; 30 days instead of 23; 35 instead of 30.
Cultural references
- In SpongeBob's dream, the Krabby Patty tells him that he will always be with him in his arteries, a reference to the 1982 Universal Pictures movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, complete with the glowing finger.
- SpongeBob's line "That's what I thought you said. Now let me offer this as a rebuttal." at the 5:07 mark in the episode has been sampled to become the introduction of YBN Nahmir's 2018 song "Rubbin Off The Paint."
- This episode's plot is referenced in the Nick Arcade/ Midnight Synergy game "Krabby Quest," which is based on Midnight Synergy's Wonderland series.
Errors
- When SpongeBob says, "I've got to pinch myself, because I must be dreaming," he blinks, but his eyelashes are still seen for a split second.
- When Mr. Krabs enters the kitchen, the front door is far away from the grill, when it is usually much closer.
- When SpongeBob is dropping trays out of the chef's window, the anchor on Squidward's Krusty Krab employee hat is missing.
- When SpongeBob gets up from his trauma, his tie is missing and it reappears seconds later.
- When SpongeBob sees killer Krabby Patties everywhere, the Chum Bucket across the street is gone in the window.
- When SpongeBob is being dragged into the kitchen by Mr. Krabs, his Krusty Krab employee hat is on his head. When he reopens the door and shouts, "I want to live!," his hat is missing.
- When Plankton enters the Chum Bucket, the glove is missing.
- The end credits call this episode "Fear of a Kraby Patty," missing the second "b."
- In the first scene, the pathway to the Chum Bucket is missing.
- When SpongeBob leaves the Chum Bucket, the Krusty Krab is missing across the street.
Videos
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An Avatar promo mentioning a new SpongeBob
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Ouverture non-stop ! | Non-Stop Opening! |
| German | Die Angst vor dem Krabbenburger | The Fear of the Krabby Patty |
| Hungarian | Herkentyűburgerek támadása | Attack of the Krabby Patties |
| Italian | Paura in cucina | Fear in the Kitchen |
| Japanese | カーニバーガー恐怖症 Kānibāgā kyōfushō |
Krabby Patty Phobia |
| Russian | Ужас крабсбургера Uzhas krabsburgera |
Horror of a Krabby Patty |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Témele a una cangreburger | Fear of a Crabburger |
| Spanish (Spain) | Miedo a una Burger Cangreburger | Fear of a Crabburger Burger |
References
- ↑ https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/spongebob-movie-and-best-day-ever-premiere-on-nick-uk-next-monday.21800/#post-331371
- ↑ The Return of the Yellow Sponge
- ↑ Season 4 endSpetember in Holland. - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
- ↑ Second Part of Season 4 In Israel!!! - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
- ↑ Season 4 - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
- ↑ Fear of a Krabby Patty - SpongeBuddy Mania Forums
- ↑ Bob Squad released by the New York Post. Archived by April 11, 2005.
- ↑ Clint Bond - Squid Noir
- ↑ Annie Awards - 33rd Annie Awards
- ↑ Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) 2005 - Nominees and Winners | Television Academy
- ↑ Mysterious Geographic Voyage of Jasper Morello Takes Annecy - Animation World Network
- ↑ October 25, 2017 - Nicktoons: G.L.O.B.E. Archives
- ↑ October 3, 2020 - Nickstory
- ↑ February 3, 2025 - Nickstory
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