Spongebob Jaws With Flaws

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Make a burger that will earn the respect of his schoolmates (failed).

Steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula in order to make his restaurant more successful and popular than the Krusty Krab, therefore running Mr. Krabs out of business (ongoing; failed multiple times).

Defeat and kill Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob, Patrick, and everyone who would ever try to stop him or oppose him (failed, but still ongoing).

Use the Secret Formula to take control of Bikini Bottom and its citizens (in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie; succeeded for a while but then ultimately failed).

Achieve global domination (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie; failed).

Retrieve the Krabby Patty Formula back from Burger-Beard (succeeded).

Save Bikini Bottom (succeeded; in the second film).

Kidnap Gary and give him to King Poseidon in order to take Spongebob out of town (succeeded but failed in the second part; in the third film).

Help SpongeBob rescue Gary from King Poseidon (succeeded; in the third film).

He runs an unsuccessful restaurant called the Chum Bucket along with his robotic wife/sidekick Karen, and constantly plots to both expand his business (usually by obtaining the Krabby Patty secret recipe) and eventually take over the world. He's also the best friend-turned-business rival and archenemy of Eugene Krabs and to a lesser extent, SpongeBob SquarePants.

He is voiced by Doug Lawrence, who also voiced Edward Platypus in Camp Lazlo, Dr. Machino in Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt ManAnt in the Aquabats Super Show and Filburt Shellbach in Rocko's Modern Life. In the musical adaptation, Plankton was portrayed by Wesley Taylor.

Plankton works with the help of his sidekick/wife, Karen, a sentient computer who gives him most of his evil plans. He is a planktonic copepod and the business rival of Mr. Krabs, the owner of the Krusty Krab where SpongeBob SquarePants works. Despite being portrayed as an antagonist in most incarnations, he frequently appears as an anti-hero (an example being the second movie The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water) and he has that role in almost all the newer episodes.

While the Krusty Krab is popular among the sea creatures of Bikini Bottom, Plankton's own restaurant, the Chum Bucket, gets little to no customers. Plankton's plans all revolve around stealing the elusive "Krabby Patty Secret Recipe," so that he can copy it and make the Chum Bucket popular. He lives inside his restaurant, where he has an elaborate laboratory that contains Karen's computer system.

Plankton is a very tiny green planktonic copepod. He has short arms and legs, a big yellow eye, and a red pupil with one large eyebrow. He has two long antennae on his head with spikes alongside both. He also has big white straight teeth.

Plankton is shown to be an evil mastermind through and through, with signs of having a Napoleonic complex due to his very short stature. His plans always involve technological devices and weapons, all designed to aid his attempts at stealing the formula. Although, sometimes, he merely wants to expand his business or ruin the Krusty Krab, his main goal has always been throwing the Krusty Krab out of business. In Seasons 1 to 5, Plankton was shown to be a poor businessman, being completely unable to acquire any success for his Chum Bucket restaurant (as a majority of his schemes involving attempted theft of the Krabby Patty recipe).

However, in both the events of the first movie and later seasons (which are chronologically still set between the first film and season 5), he is able to get more chances of success other than stealing the Krabby Patty formula, such as having an attractive restaurant where the people will come to observe the underground complex beneath both his and Krabs' restaurants. Other examples include putting slogans such as "Chum is Fum" and "Fum is Chum" (where Patrick Star helped him in his slogans until the starfish's both low IQ and literally overheated brain became setbacks) and one person named Nat Peterson kept coming to buy chum to eat, although he was only doing it since Karen paid him to do so. He also had Squidward make his chum edible and delicious, but one bad move on Squidward's part led to the customers tearing the Chum Bucket apart. Therefore, Plankton's poor business skills are mostly because of his lack of foresight.

Plankton's small stature, the fact that pretty much everyone else in his life looks down on him, and his poverty all cause Plankton to feel very insecure and even defensive. His desire for conquest stems from his deep-seated desire for respect and even admiration, both of which are absent from his life. From his childhood of poverty all the way to his adulthood of neglect, his bitterness and hatred of nearly everyone has grown and consumed him, almost molding him into a full-fledged psychopath who brings a lot of his bad luck on himself.

However, traces of empathy can still be found in Plankton. For example, he truly loved Spot, his pet amoeba. Even though he seems to look down on and belittles Karen, he does actually love her, and Karen returns this love in spite of often being snarky to him, much to Plankton's frustration. Furthermore, during the second movie, Plankton expresses his love for Karen before she shuts herself down, so that he and SpongeBob can time travel.

Due to his small size and the fact that he tends to have huge flaws in all his plans, no one in Bikini Bottom really sees Plankton as a threat, let alone is aware of his presence in the town or what he will do. For instance, when Sandy manages to capture Plankton for stealing her fur, the police arrests her instead for her unintentional public nudity, and barely notice his presence in spite of him being in extremely close proximity.

Most people who know Plankton or are aware of his presence in Bikini Bottom merely see him as a pest and a mere annoyance. Only a handful individuals are aware of how dangerous Plankton can be, including: Mr. Krabs, who acknowledges that if he DID get the formula, he would make the Chum Bucket a bigger risk to the Krusty Krab, which makes him vigilant around Plankton (though this doesn't stop Mr. Krabs from mocking him); and SpongeBob, who is truly afraid of him and his outlandish schemes, especially since the events of his debut episode where he uses a mind-control device on the sponge and nearly discovers the Krabby Patty formula in the process (though failed, this was enough to alarm SpongeBob about Plankton's villainous qualities and the danger that he can pose to others).

While Plankton often appears as a bumbling comic foil, he actually can be a real threat under certain circumstances, manipulating others to get his way, and when the odds are in his favor, he can be surprisingly successful (though this success is usually short-lived). Even his first appearance has him lose because of his bad luck as his scheme proved that he was a dangerous threat to SpongeBob.

In the newer episodes, he has become less evil and more similar to an anti-hero as he even helps SpongeBob when they're outside of their businesses, and has occasionally shown a more good-hearted side of him as a result. However, he is still as mischievous and calculating as ever, and is still willing to exploit SpongeBob's gullibility to his own advantage, like when he had SpongeBob help him come up with an anniversary gift for Karen so that she'd give him the secret formula though SpongeBob didn't know about that until the end of the episode.

I like any indoor space that makes me feel like I'm outdoors. Standing on the porch of Twister and seeing the dark clouds and the back yard is really cool, especially on hot Summer days when the sun is beating down on you and it's 95 degrees and humid. I also love the Venetian in Las Vegas with the whole gondola boat ride, but that's a different story.

Twister was always kind of an odd movie to turn in to an attraction, I think. I'm surprised it's lasted as long as it has, and I'll be happy to see them use the space for something else.

They should keep ET, but I think the current kids area needs an overhaul. I only ever see it while I'm walking through the queue lines for Halloween Horror Nights. It's an interesting area (Barney is still relevant?), but surely they could take an existing IP they own and make it better. They could even take out the animal stadium to provide more room.

The only thing I will miss about Twister is Bill Paxton. His exposition in the pre-ride area is hilarious. Plus the fact it looks like he has an odd shoulder injury. If you want to experience the ride for real, come to my home state in mid April through May.

Personally, I will NEVER understand why there isn't a SpongeBob ride at Universal Orlando. They have the store, they have the character there in the store. It can't be a licensing thing, can it? I just think they have lost an opportunity here- my older kids are 24, 22, and 18. My youngest is 11. They ALL love Spongebob, and so do their peers. Hell, I'll admit to loving SpongeBob! Get rid of ET and put it there.

SpongeBob has a huge following even to this day. People that don't watch the show can instantly recognize the character. With the Paramount parks now long gone, and Nikelodeon without a theme park home, it's a missed opportunity.

I went on ET last week for the first time in ages. With the passports and interactive name feature gone, the pre show just draws attention to that missing (and once unique) element of the ride. Please put this one out of its misery soon.

In all honesty, the Spongebob idea isn't a bad one. With a new movie coming out next year, it can still be considered a relevant franchise. We can argue whether or not the show is as good as it used to be, but as far as current kids and families are concerned, Spongebob is still the king of cartoons (although maybe tied with Phineas and Ferb, another missed opportunity).

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