"Captain Pipsqueak" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, Plankton joins the League of E.V.I.L.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Captain Pipsqueak (single appearance)
- Karen Plankton
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Mermaid Man (cameo)
- Barnacle Boy (cameo)
- Earworm
- Dennis
- Tattletale Strangler
- DoodleBob
- Sticky Fins Whiting
- Squidward Tentacles
- Doctor Negative
- Madame Hagfish
- Nosferatu
- Gordon
- Dorsal Dan
- Prawn (series debut)
- Robot Mantis
- Thief (green jacket)
- Dirty Bubble
- Weenie goons
- Mr. Weenie Jr.
- Jumbo Shrimp
- Man Ray
- Notodoris (single appearance)
- The Foot (single appearance)
- The Amoeba Gang[1] (cut)
- Incidentals
- Gramma
Synopsis[]
Plankton as Captain Pipsqueak.
The episode begins at the Chum Bucket where Plankton fails to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. He later watches TV and gets an idea to join the League of E.V.I.L.
Plankton tries different costumes until Karen gives a green thumbs up. Plankton then goes to find the secret lair which happens to be accessible by going through a dumpster. Once there, there are many wanting to join the force in a subtle way. They try out but they fail for entering the team. Plankton says he for all intents and purposes wants to really steal the formula for world domination. They decide to choose Plankton to join the force in a big way. With Plankton in the force, they commit many sorts of evil acts in a subtle way.
First, they go to Super Weenie Hut Jr's, where they want to grab lunch. Plankton heads into the restaurant for lunch. When he gets there, the server notices that he is a villain and calls for security. Amid the chaos, Plankton steals food to bring back. E.V.I.L is grateful for Plankton providing lunch.
The villains next want Plankton to take a bag with flames and set it on the doorstep of The Foot, who the villains want to get revenge on. When Plankton sets the fire on the doorstep, he knocks on the door, causing The Foot to come out and accidentally step on Plankton and the bag. But when Plankton tries to crawl out of the bottom of The Foot, the house explodes, even The Foot. Plankton had a Chum Mix in the bag which caused the house and The Foot to explode. Because of this, Plankton was welcomed to the club. The villains ask Plankton what to do next. Plankton has an idea for everyone.
SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward stuck inside the Dirty Bubble.
They come to the Krusty Krab and the staff is surprised they came. Dirty Bubble traps SpongeBob, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs as a distraction. Plankton steals the formula, but E.V.I.L finds out that the formula is just a recipe for a sandwich. They get disappointed, give the formula back to Mr. Krabs, and kick Plankton out of the force. And in the process, trapping him in hot sauce.
Production[]
On May 11, 2021, in an interview with The Art of SpongeBob Discord server, Richard Pursel revealed that he would be bringing back the Amoeba Gang (who appeared in SpongeBob Comics No. 47) in an upcoming episode of the series.[2] Two days later, he said that his work on the show was freelance[1] and in the episode he was writing, Plankton would join the league of E.V.I.L.[3]
Richard Pursel's draft of this episode's script was completed on June 10, 2021.[4]
This episode's title was confirmed by the Futon Critic on April 22, 2022.[5]
This episode's mixing process was completed on May 6, 2022. Also, Vincent Waller reaffirmed that the episode was a joint with the aforementioned Pursel.[6]
On June 17, 2022, Waller confirmed who provided storyboard work, production management, and animation and supervising direction on this episode.[7]
Promotional art[]
- Posted by Kaz.[8]
Background design[]
- Painted by Steve Santillan.[9]
Script[]
Richard Pursel's draft[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Sure Man - Roland Shaw [Title card]
‣ Uh Oh Flutter-Eyed - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Karen hears Plankton screaming.]
‣ Bad Slide - [ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator] [Plankton lying on the floor of the Chum Bucket.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs laughs at Plankton.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield ["...For the gazillionth time!"]
‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco ["This isn't over—"]
‣ Luv a Duck - Marc Monsen, Tony Tape [Plankton relaxes in the cucumber bath.]
• MM & BB Action Theme Lean & Mean Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin [Plankton watching TV.]
‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 4 - Fredric Bayco ["All I need to do is join the criminals of E.V.I.L."]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Corny Playoff - Wally Asp [Plankton dressed as a clown.]
• Phantom of the Haunted Houseboat - Nicolas Carr [Plankton dressed as a vampire.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Heavy Duty - Wilfred Burns [Plankton dressed as a supervillain.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31A - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton trips on his cape.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #9 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Plankton dives into a dumpster.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31B - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton sees the real lair entrance.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #5 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Plankton approaches the E.V.I.L. stage door.]
‣ Theatre Night - Cyril Watters [Villains practicing their auditions for E.V.I.L.]
‣ Crime And Danger Sign #5 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch [Man Ray picks Nosferatu to audition.]
‣ Villains and Vampires (a) - Sam Fonteyn [Nosferatu mimes.]
‣ House of Horrors: Alone In The Dark - Ernest Tomlinson [Robot Mantis prepares his audition.]
‣ ? [Grandma plays the piano.]
‣ ? [Grandma plays the cello.]
‣ ? [Grandma plays the fiddle.]
• Banjopants - Nicolas Carr [Grandma plays the banjo.]
• Gary's Kazoo Tune - Sage Guyton [Grandma plays the kazoo.]
‣ Ta-Ra A - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy ["Ta-da!"]
• Hey Sucker - Nicolas Carr ["How dare you!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield [Robot Mantis gets shot with a ray gun.]
• New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Man Ray picks Plankton to audition next.]
‣ ? ["Funeral March" played on kazoo.]
‣ The Unknown - Ralph Dollimore [Plankton introduces himself.]
‣ International Force - Gerhard Trede [Plankton explains what he will do when he gets the Krabby Patty secret formula.]
‣ Fraidy Cat - Fredric Bayco [Plankton given the name "Captain Pipsqueak."]
‣ Incidental Pieces 28 - Dennis Wilson [E.V.I.L. cheers for Plankton.]
‣ The Mind of a Murderer - Gregor Narholz ["Okay, team. Let's test Captain Pipsqueak's villainy in the real world."]
‣ Slippery Sid - Roger Roger [Man Ray tells Plankton to rob from Weenie Hut Jr.'s.]
• Training Day Rag - Nicolas Carr [Plankton at Super Weenie Hut Jr's.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 11D - Jeremy Wakefield [E.V.I.L. waiting on Plankton.]
‣ Happy Harry - Robert Cobert [Plankton brings E.V.I.L. their food.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
‣ Wacky Walk 1 - Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben [E.V.I.L. at The Foot's house.]
‣ Comedy Punctuations And Bridges 3 - Fredric Bayco [The Foot's house explodes.]
‣ Punctuations - Ralph Dollimore ["Captain Pipsqueak, welcome to E.V.I.L.!"]
• Krusty Krab Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Customers eating at the Krusty Krab]
‣ Sure Man - Roland Shaw [E.V.I.L. breaks into the Krusty Krab.]
• Add Lib Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["What, you nerds going to a comic convention?"]
‣ Sure Man - Roland Shaw [E.V.I.L. steals the formula.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Huh? This isn't the formula for world domination!"]
• Pirate's Opus - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["How does that work?"]
• MM & BB Action Theme Lean & Mean Mix - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin [Man Ray puts Plankton in the bottle of Extra Evil Sauce.]
• MM & BB Action Theme Title Card - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin ["Enveloped by Extra Evil Sauce!"]
• Salty Krab Jig - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 22, The Complete Thirteenth Season, Another 100 Episodes, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This is the second time Plankton teams up with Man Ray, the first being "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!"
- This episode was originally titled "Member's Only."[4]
- This episode was originally going to premiere on May 20, 2022 at 7:00pm, but it was pulled.[5]
- This is because the episode's packaging number was originally going to be 276a and was paired with "Say Awww!," but it ended up getting changed to 277a and swapped with "Patrick the Mailman."[5]
- Additionally, this episode ended up being paired with "Plane to Sea."
- This is because the episode's packaging number was originally going to be 276a and was paired with "Say Awww!," but it ended up getting changed to 277a and swapped with "Patrick the Mailman."[5]
- This is the first episode Richard Pursel wrote since "House Worming" in season 10.
- It is also the first time that he and Zeus Cervas have worked on the same episode since "Chum Fricassee."
- This is the first time Dennis is seen interacting with Plankton, as the two were never seen on-screen together in the first movie, despite being hired by him.
- This episode also marks his first physical appearance in the main series.
- The thief from the same movie also makes his first in-series appearance, albeit with a green jacket instead of his dark blue one from the movie.
- Notodoris' name is never stated in the episode, but it is revealed in the credits.
- Nosferatu was animated in Adobe Animate Flash in this episode, despite the fact that the program was discontinued in 2021.
- The Amoeba Gang was originally going to be one of the many villains to return in this episode, but they were cut.[1]
- In the initial draft of the script, the thief (known in the script as "The Boat Jacker") was supposed to call out Man Ray instead of Tattletale Strangler.
- This is the first episode since The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water where Karen has red buttons instead of light aquamarine. Her hands are also gray in this episode instead of blue.
- However, in "CopyBob DittoPants," her buttons were red in one shot, although it was most likely a coloring error.
- Sherm Cohen and Zeus Cervas share the same credit positions for this and "Plane to Sea," its sister episode.
Episode references[]
- Karen is seen wearing the same hairnet as in "Chum Bucket Supreme."
- Squidward wears his Dr. Negative supervillain costume from "Mermaid Pants" and "Appointment TV."
- Many older villain characters from past seasons return in this episode:
- The Earworm from the episode of the same name reappears in this episode. However, it appears to be larger than it was in its debut episode.
- Madame Hagfish reappears in this episode in the main series in 11 years for the first time since "The Curse of the Hex" in season 7.
- However, she did make an appearance in The Patrick Star Show episode "Terror at 20,000 Leagues."
- Gordon from the season 6 episode "Dear Vikings" returns in this episode.
- This is the first physical appearance of Dennis in the series; he previously appeared in a wanted poster in "Call the Cops." His first appearance is in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- Prawn, despite rather debuting in Battle for Bikini Bottom, also returns in this episode. This is the first time a character that debuted in a video game appears in an episode.
- In the main series, this is DoodleBob's first appearance since "Doodle Dimension" in season 11.
Cultural references[]
- During the scene where Plankton tries on different costumes, one of the outfits he wears references the Marvel Comic Books villain Venom.
- Plankton's "Captain Pipsqueak" outfit resembles Marvel Comics character Magneto.
- Gramma is dressed as Garfield from the franchise of the same name.
- The Foot stepping on Plankton was inspired by The Foot of Cupid from the 1969 British surreal sketch comedy series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.[4]
Errors[]
- In the opening, when Plankton gets kicked out of the Krusty Krab, the road to the Chum Bucket is missing.
The road to the Chum Bucket is missing.
- When Plankton is inside one of the dumpsters, he doesn't have his gloves on. Then, after a few seconds, his gloves are back on him.
- Man Ray enters the Krusty Krab by blasting a hole above the entrance. In later scenes, the hole is missing.
- When Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob walk away after putting Plankton in the garbage bin, SpongeBob's teeth are yellow for a split second.
Yellow teeth error.
- Karen's hands are colored gray instead of blue in the episode.
- When the villains break into the Krusty Krab, the Chum Bucket and the road leading to it is missing.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| German | Captain Winzling | Captain Tiny |
| Russian | Капитан Крохопут Kapitan Krokhoput |
Captain Tiny Midget |
References[]
- ^ a b c File:277ahint2.jpeg
- ^ File:277ahint1.jpeg
- ^ File:277ahint3.jpeg
- ^ a b c SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS CAPTAIN PIPSQEUAK SCRIPT COPY SIGNED RICHARD PURSEL 13PGS - WorthPoint
- ^ a b c SpongeBob SquarePants Episode Listings - The Futon Critic
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Captain Pipsqueak" is an..."
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter - "Supervising Director: Sherm..."
- ^ Kaz on Facebook - "HEY, SPONGEBOB FANS! Tonight..."
- ^ Animation Backgrounds - Steve Santillan