- WHY, I'D RECOGNIZE THAT SOUND ANYWHERE.
IT'S THE SOUND OF HORRIBLE, CROAKING SOBBING.
- OH, NEPTUNE, WHY, OH, WHY?
- PLANKTON? - NO, PLEASE.
I'D GET THE MONEY.
PLEASE, I... OH, IT'S YOU.
- PLANKTON, WHAT'S GOT YOU SO UPSET?
FROM THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
OH, THAT.
IT'S THIS DOOMSDAY DEVICE I INVENTED.
IT JUST DOESN'T DO WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
- DOOMSDAY DEVICE? WELL, WHAT'S IT SUPPOSED TO DO?
- WELL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO UPSET THE EARTH'S AXIS,
WITH TYPHOONS, EARTHQUAKES,
- ETCETERA, ETCETERA. - SO WHAT DOES IT DO INSTEAD?
AND FALLS APART.
- SPARKS AND FALLS APART? - YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
- NO, NO, I BELIEVE YOU! I—I...
BELIEVE YOU.
OH, WHAT'S THE USE?
THE SAME OLD THING.
OF FAILURES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.
- WELL, LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, PLANKTON.
FINALLY CAME TRUE,
THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
- WELL, I DIDN'T THINK I COULD FEEL ANY WORSE,
THAT ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE.
PLANKTON, WAIT.
- WAIT. WAIT. - I'M WAITING.
IS TO JOIN A CLUB OR SOMETHING.
MEET NEW PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME FRIENDS.
HMM, YES, YES.
AN EVIL ALLIANCE?
- UM, SOMETHING
EXCELLENT IDEA.
LIKE ME FIND NEW FRIENDS?
- WELL, USUALLY WHEN I'M TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING,
IN THE PHONE BOOK.
OH, GREAT, THANKS.
NOW LET'S SEE HERE...
AH, HERE WE GO. "EVIL VILLAIN FOR HIRE."
"CALL MAN RAY. NO JOB TOO DIABOLICAL."
- MAN RAY? BUT HE'S ONE OF BIKINI BOTTOM'S
SUPER VILLAINS.
AND BARNACLE BOY... AND HE'S IN THE PHONE BOOK?
- PLANKTON.
YOU WERE LOOKING UNDER "FIENDS," NOT "FRIENDS."
OH, I KNOW, SPONGEBOB.
I KNOW.
MAN RAY, WE MEET AT LONG LAST.
AND WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT TO FIND YOU HERE,
RESTOCKING VENDING MACHINES?
THAT'S VERY CLEVER, MAN RAY, VERY CLEVER.
IN EVIL ALLIANCE.
HAVE WE MET?
- DON'T YOU REMEMBER? WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE.
I, PLANKTON, KNOW OF A SECRET FORMULA.
THE SECRET.
OF THE KRUSTY KRAB,
CONTROLS BIKINI BOTTOM.
IS IN OUR POSSESSION, WE...
I'M LISTENING.
WE WILL STEAL THE FORMULA,
CRUSH MR. KRABS, AND RULE THE WORLD!
OOH?
PLANKTON!
- OH, DON'T MIND ME, KRABS.
I'M JUST TAKING A FEW MEASUREMENTS.
THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM
I ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF THIS DUMP.
LIKE YESTERDAY'S GARBAGE,
THERE'S SOMEONE I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET.
COME ON OUT, PARTNER.
- PARTNER? THAT'S THE SILLIEST THING YOU'VE EVER...
AAH! AAH! AAH!
AND YOUR NEW OVERLORD... MAN RAY.
HELLO.
AAH!
- HMM, WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?
AND GLASSES!
DOOM IS UPON US...
AND IT'S DRESSED IN A RED LEOTARD!
MR. KRABS!
ONTO YOUR GLASSES,
EXTRA-LARGE MILKSHAKE CUPS.
DO THESE COUNT?
- NEVER MIND THAT NOW.
EMERGENCY SEARCHLIGHT.
EMERGENCY SEARCHLIGHT?
OH, WHAT FOR?
- BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING AN EMERGENCY!
OH, AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN.
ISN'T AS FOOLISH AS I THOUGHT.
HE'S BOARDED UP THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW.
RIGHT, OF COURSE.
- YOU CAN RELAX NOW, SQUIDWARD. THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN.
NEVER MIND.
- WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT?
BE ANYWHERE UP HERE.
OH, THERE.
YES, MERMAID MAN AND BARNACLE BOY WILL BE HERE IN NO TIME.
FOR NIGHTTIME EMERGENCIES.
HELP! HELP!
MUST FIND MERMAID MAN... BARNACLE BOY.
MAN RAY! KRUSTY KRAB! TAKING OVER!
SORRY, KID.
THIS IS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, NOT AN INSANE ASYLUM.
HUH? DO YOU HEAR THAT?
AIR CONDITIONER ACTING UP.
I'LL FIX IT.
YOU OLD PIECE OF JUNK.
YEP, THAT MUST'VE BEEN IT.
IT'S NOT MAKING THAT SOUND ANYMORE.
- WELL, WELL, WELL, THE KRUSTY KRAB IS FINALLY OURS.
FORMULA AND RULE THE WORLD.
HAND IT OVER, EUGENE.
- NO WAY. YOU'LL NEVER
KRABBY PATTIES.
WAIT A MINUTE.
FOR WORLD DOMINATION.
- THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION.
WORLD CONTROL.
TO TASTE A KRABBY PATTY.
THEN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
YOU, THERE. BRING US A COUPLE OF KRABBY PATTIES A.S.A.P.
SQUIDWARD.
- SQUIDWARD. - HUH?
I DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH FOR THIS.
HMM.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON, SIR.
OOH.
MERMAID MAN, BARNACLE BOY!
MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?
OF COURSE.
I'M SORRY, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF.
- I-I... - HI, HANDSOME.
- DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? - CERTAINLY.
- HANDS OFF, I SAW HIM FIRST.
- THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK, SISTER.
- IT'S MY TURN. - I SAW HIM FIRST.
- NO, I SAW HIM FIRST. - I WANT TO DANCE.
- MERMAID MAN! BARNACLE BOY!
- I MEAN, I REALLY NEVER LIKED THESE THINGS ANYWAY.
AAH! MERMAID MAN!
AH, HERE WE GO.
- TWO KRABBY PATTIES. ENJOY YOUR MEAL.
- OH, WE WILL. WE'LL ENJOY IT A LOT, SLAVE.
- WELL...
NOW THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED A KRABBY PATTY FIRSTHAND,
AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD?
- MMM, IT CERTAINLY WAS TASTY.
BEFORE I KNOW FOR SURE.
- HEY, THAT ONE WAS MINE!
WELL, ARE YOU SATISFIED?
CAN WE GET ON WITH OUR LIVES NOW?
- HMM, SATISFIED? NOT QUITE.
ANOTHER HELPING OF RESEARCH.
UH, YOU, THERE.
KRABBY PATTIES, PLEASE.
- MERMAID MAN AND BARNACLE BOY! MERMAID MAN AND BARNACLE BOY!
MERMAID MAN AND... WHOA!
AAH!
- WHAT THE... - IS NAPTIME OVER ALREADY?
- COME QUICK! KRUSTY KRAB IS IN DIRE STRAITS!
TEAMED UP,
AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...
ONE OF THE NEW GUYS.
- WELL, KID, WE'D LIKE TO HELP OUT,
BUT WE CAN'T JUST YET.
YOU CAN'T?
- WELL, WE JUST WOKE UP FROM OUR NAP.
USUALLY SERVE ICE CREAM.
- SO IN THE MEANTIME, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN HERO.
TO WAIT FOR ICE CREAM TOO.
- SPONGEBOB, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
I'VE BEEN COVERING FOR YOU
FOR THE PAST THREE HOURS.
IT'S GONNA SNAP IN HALF.
IT'S THAT GUY IN RED.
HE'S A REALLY HIGH-MAINTENANCE CUSTOMER.
THE SECRET FORMULA NOW?
PRETTY PLEASE, MAN RAY?
I MUST HAVE MORE.
KRABBY PATTIES.
KRABBY PATTIES!
STAND ASIDE, SQUIDWARD.
I'M GONNA BE MY OWN HERO.
THANK YOU, SIR. ENJOY YOUR MEAL.
- AT LAST.
ALL RIGHT, FINE.
I'LL JUST STEAL THE SECRET FORMULA MYSELF.
OH, AND MAN RAY? THIS FRIENDSHIP IS OVER.
NO, NO, NO MORE.
CAN'T. EAT. ANOTHER...
THERE HE IS.
ALL RIGHT, MAN RAY. LUNCHTIME'S OVER.
- WHAT? HOW DID YOU TWO KNOW I WAS HERE?
TOLD US.
- THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
- HERE YOU GO, PLANKTON. - WHAT'S THIS?
- IT'S THE BILL. FOR YOUR PARTNER.
JUST CLOCK OUT ALREADY.
I'M TRYING, SQUIDWARD.
UPSETTING PART OF THE DAY.
I'LL BE HOME,
FROM MY DAY AT WORK.
I'M ALL OVER IT, BOSS MAN.
- ORDER UP, GARE-WARD.
- IT'S JUST SO HARD TO LEAVE,
EVEN FOR ONE NIGHT.
I BEG TO DIFFER.
I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
IT'S DISGUSTING.
OUR CHEAP BOSS.
- WHOO-HOO! GOT IT.
HEY, WHO ARE YOU CALLING CHEAP?
- THE GUY WHO WON'T EVEN SPRING FOR A DOORMAT.
- OH, GIVE ME A BREAK, MR. COMPLAINS-A-LOT.
ABOUT RUNNING A RESTAURANT.
- WELL, IF I DID RUN A RESTAURANT,
JUST TO GET A TABLE.
SEE YOU FELLOWS TOMORROW.
GOURMET KNOW-HOW.
LAUGH IT UP.
THE CHUM BUCKET A SUCCESS.
HEY. HEY!
HEY!
I'M YELLING OVER HERE!
- OUCH, OOH, I THINK I PICKED UP A TICK.
PLANKTON, WHAT DO YOU WANT?
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU UP
A SUCCESS.
- OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
- I DON'T VALUE YOU AT ALL.
I'LL DO IT.
- DON'T YOU THINK THAT WORKING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SQUIDWARD?
- GEE, SPONGEBOB, I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I QUIT.
ICK, A BIT INDUSTRIAL, BUT I CAN MAKE IT WORK.
YOU CALL THIS A KITCHEN?
TO HIS ADORING FANS.
GREAT, TWO MEGALOMANIACS.
- I DON'T SEE ANY USE FOR ALL THESE OLD CLAPTRAPS.
BREAK THEM DOWN FOR PARTS.
- BUT—BUT THAT'S MY CHUM-FUELED ANTENNAE MASSAGER.
- OH, I'M SORRY, REMIND ME...
WHO'S IN COMPLETE CREATIVE CONTROL HERE?
AND REDECORATE, PAL.
HAVEN'T PROVEN
HOW YOU'RE GONNA MAKE CHUM EDIBLE.
IN THE PUDDING, THEN, ISN'T IT?
- YOU'RE MAKING CHUM PUDDING?
- I'M MAKING CHUM FRICASSEE.
- FRICA-WHAT?
- SEE, PLANKTON, THERE'S A TRICK TO MAKING CHUM EDIBLE.
GRANDMA TENTACLES'S SECRET FRICASSEE RECIPE.
- SECRET RECIPE, YOU SAY, EH? WHAT'S IN IT?
- NICE TRY, TINY CYCLOPS.
YOU WON'T GET GRANDMA'S
THAT EASILY.
CANNOT BE RUSHED.
FOR EXACTLY 24 HOURS.
24 HOURS LATER.
BLANKY? HUH?
THIS IS THE SECRET STUFF? DOESN'T LOOK VERY PROMISING.
- OH, JUST TASTE IT ALREADY.
- WELL, THE SMELL DOESN'T MAKE ME RETCH.
HEY, THAT AIN'T BAD AT ALL.
IT'S ACTUALLY AMAZING.
IN THE FORM OF CHUM.
SQUIDWARD, MY FRIEND, YOU'LL BE THE TOAST OF BIKINI BOTTOM.
TO MAKE YOU A STAR.
A STAR.
HELLO, HUNGRY EATERS.
IT'S TIME FOR FLAVORS OF THE BOTTOM,
IN BIKINI BOTTOM,
PERCH PERKINS.
- HEY, ALL YOU BOTTOM FEEDERS.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY EATEN, WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT
FOR SECONDS,
'CAUSE WE'RE TASTING BIKINI BOTTOM'S SENSATIONAL
NEW UPSCALE EATERY, LE CHUM BUCKET.
THOSE CLASSY DINERS.
WHAT'S ON THE MENU?
IT'S CALLED CHUM FRICASSEE.
EARLIER, I SPOKE TO HEAD CHEF SQUIDWARD TENTACLES.
IT'S SUCH A FRICA-SUCCESS.
- ACTUALLY, I CAN'T SHARE THE RECIPE WITH YOU.
- IT'S A SECRET. - WHAT?
THAT'S RIGHT, KRABS.
A SECRET FORMULA,
AND IT'S IN A BOTTLE, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.
- GIVE THAT BACK, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
- SECRET! - WELL,
- IT'S CLEARLY NO SECRET... - SAY "FRICASSEE."
IS A HIT.
- CHEF SQUIDWARD, CHEF SQUIDWARD!
THIS, PLEASE?
ANYTHING FOR MY FANS.
THIS IS MUTINY.
IS ACTUALLY EATING IT.
WELL, AT LEAST OUR LOYAL CLIENTELE HAVEN'T JUMPED ON THE CHUM WAGON.
- DON'T SPEAK TOO SOON, MR. KRABS.
- SO... WE'RE HAVING A SLOW DAY.
HAS STUCK WITH US.
HITTING THE SPOT, JETHRA?
- ACTUALLY, THEY WAS ALL FILLED UP AT THE CHUM BUCKET,
SO I HAD TO GET MY CHUM TO GO.
BY SQUIDWARD HIMSELF, THOUGH.
TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
OOH.
JUST ACT LIKE YOU'RE ANOTHER FANCY CUSTOMER.
- AYE, AYE, MR. KRABS— - SHH!
WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU?
DON'T BARK AT THE TOP
LIKE A SEADOG.
OOPS, UM...
I MEAN, I FANCY A BIT OF THE OLD CHUM.
INDEED I DO, SQUIRE.
- GOOD EVENING, MADAM. TABLE FOR TWO, PLEASE.
YOUR NAME?
- I BE EUGENE... ER... I MEAN, UH...
SIR KRUMPLE O'WRAPPER.
UH, THAT'S MY NAME, DON'T WEAR IT OUT.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S PULL UP YOUR RESERVATION.
OH, I'M SO SORRY, SIR.
I'M NOT SHOWING ANY "O'WRAPPER."
RESERVATION? IN THIS SINKHOLE?
- THERE'S A TWO-YEAR WAIT FOR A TABLE.
THE PROBLEM?
WELL, WELL, WELL...
IF IT ISN'T MR. KRABS AND SPONGEBOB.
NOW JUST FOLLOW ME.
RESERVED JUST FOR YOU.
BON APPÉTIT, SUCKERS.
SEE YOU IN TWO YEARS.
- YEAH, SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT, KRABS.
ONE WEEK LATER.
I WAS HERE FIRST.
NO, I WAS.
ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE.
- OH, MR. TENTACLES, IT'S SO NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
YES, ISN'T IT?
NEXT? WHOA!
- PLANKTON! - YEAH, WHAT'S UP?
THE LINE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE?
WHAT'S THE HOLD-UP WITH THAT NEW BATCH OF FRICASSEE?
- WHAT'S THE HOLD-UP?
EXACTLY 24 HOURS.
- I DON'T CARE IF IT ISN'T FINISHED.
JUST TAKE THE ORDERS.
- BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN SAUTÉED IT YET.
WHATEVER YOU SAY.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?
- OH, SIR, I'M SURE THAT
CAN'T TASTE BETTER THAN A KRABBY PATTY.
- THANK YOU, SIR. COME AGAIN.
ENJOY YOUR LEFTOVERS.
- OH, I WILL.
- PLEASE, SIR, TAKE MY CHUM.
IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO TO HELP.
POOR GUYS.
YOU GO FIRST, BOY.
HEY, THIS IS GREAT.
A KRABBY PATTY?
A WHAT?
THIS IS DELICIOUS.
NO! I'M RUINED!
HERE YOU GO, FOLKS.
FAMOUS FRICASSEE.
GRANDMA!
- SOMEONE'S BEEN COOKING MY RECIPE.
AND THEY'RE DOING IT WRONG.
DOING HERE?
FROM MY BUMBLING GRANDSON.
- OW! I DIDN'T DO IT. UH, UH...
- IT WAS HIM. - WHAT?
OH, YOU'RE NOT PINNING THIS ON ME.
YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T CARE IF IT WAS READY OR NOT.
- OKAY, I ADMIT IT, I ADMIT IT.
BUT—BUT WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? OW!
WHEN THE CHUM'S NOT COOKED
FOR EXACTLY 24 HOURS,
TUMMY TROUBLE.
- YOU FED US UNDERCOOKED CHUM?
TEAR HIM APART, PEOPLE!
- I'VE HAD IT, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE.
NOT THE NAPKINS!
- HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED, THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
- IT'S ON FIRE! IT'S ALL BURNING!
RUN!
- MY RESTAURANT!
- MY FAN BASE!
YOUR LESSON, GENIUS.
- OW!
GEE, MR. KRABS.
TO HIRE SQUIDWARD BACK,
DESTROY YOUR BUSINESS AND ALL.
- I FIGURE IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR HIM
OVER AT THE CHUM BUCKET.
IN FACT, I PROMOTED HIM.
HE'S OUR NEW DOORMAT.
- NO!
LIVING THE DREAM.