Walking the Plankton

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"Walking the Plankton" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob go on a free cruise, and Plankton follows them.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

The episode starts with Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob's friends at SpongeBob's house, where Plankton stands in front of a film projector, calling himself "The Great Genie of the Slide Carousel." He says he will make them watch his slideshow, but in the process, one of the slides presses against him and the light, later burning him, then he starts screaming and destroys the projector. SpongeBob saves the show when he inserts the light in himself and holds the slides up. Then, the show begins.

At the Krusty Krab, the mailman arrives with a letter, and SpongeBob runs out to greet him. The mailman grumbles, "Boy, if I weren't already on parole," and walks off. SpongeBob takes the letter to Mr. Krabs and opens it. Inside are free tickets for a cruise for Mr. Krabs and one guest. Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob he can come along if he agrees to be his manservant, and SpongeBob accepts. The tickets were part of Plankton's plot to once again steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, and he is seen watching Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob preparing for the vacation from his telescope. However, when Mr. Krabs says he will take the recipe with him as a precaution against "a certain one-eyed creepy crawly," Plankton uses Plan B: go on the cruise with them. He tells Karen they are going on a cruise, and she is initially excited until she is struck with the realization that this is part of his plan to steal the Krabby Patty formula. He lies to her and tells her it is their second honeymoon, to which Karen angrily replies they have never even had a first one. Plankton sets the dial on her vacation dial-up, making her giddy. Plankton prepares his suitcase, but Karen, in her excitement, uses the death laser to slice it in half. Plankton sets the vacation dial lower. While on the cruise, Karen enjoys herself as she and Plankton lie on lounge chairs.

Walking the Plankton 077 — Plankton and Karen are relaxing on the cruise.

As he puts sunscreen on her monitor (to prevent "screenburn"), Plankton catches sight of SpongeBob pushing Mr. Krabs around in a wheelchair. He mutters his plans, but Karen asks, "Who are you denouncing now?" Plankton lies and says the server is late with the hors d'oeuvres. When the server arrives, Plankton takes one of the crackers and gets kelp cheese on his head. Karen, still in a giddy mood, laughs and tells him that the snack is as large as he is. This gives Plankton an idea. Knowing that he will be in trouble if he tries to steal the Krabby Patty in front of Karen, he sculpts the cheese into his likeness and sneaks off. After being crushed underneath the wheelchair, he returns to his lounge chair, where Karen wakes up from sleep mode. When he sees them again, he massages her wheels, causing her to fall asleep again. Then, he follows Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob into the steam room, hiding in a bucket of water. However, a large and sweaty fish named Bubble Bust comes along, gets a ladleful of water (and Plankton), and pours it onto his back. Plankton screams as he slides down Bubble Bust's back and into his speedo. When SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs are playing shuffleboard, Plankton hides under a puck, but is soon flung away when Mr. Krabs hits the puck he was hiding under. When Mr. Krabs is on water skis, Plankton attempts to cut the rope that keeps him attached to the cruise ship, but he falls overboard and into the ship's propellers, which slice him up. Plankton climbs back on board, lifting his severed lower half up after him, and gives up stealing the recipe.

Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob go to the free land food buffet. Mr. Krabs bites into corn (biting off the cob), then spits it out, into SpongeBob's mouth. Disgusted by how the food tastes (saying it tastes like "putrefied coral stems dipped in rotten butter sauce"), he has SpongeBob cook him some Krabby Patties. The passengers, attracted by the smell, line up, giving Mr. Krabs the idea to sell Krabby Patties on board. Plankton wears a disguise as he makes his order, and Mr. Krabs thinks he has "suckered" him into paying $100 for a Krabby Patty. However, when he sees Plankton's money is covered with chum, he asks him where he got it. Plankton triumphantly replies, "From the same place this is going...to the Chum Bucket laboratory!" Plankton removes his disguise and flies off with the patty. Though he stays ahead of the pursuing SpongeBob, he is stopped when he slams into Karen's monitor. She is furious with Plankton, not only because he was after the Krabby Patty all along, but because he ruined their honeymoon. She sets her vacation dial to maximum, despite Plankton's warnings, and happily fires her lasers, destroying the ship by cutting it in half. The passengers and the captain, the latter of whom grumbles, "If I wasn't on parole!" row away in lifeboats and some jump off the ship, as well as Plankton and Karen. Mr. Krabs laments the loss of his customers, while Plankton and Karen are seen rowing away in a lifeboat. The episode ends with Plankton playing the role of the gondolier, to his wife's amusement.

Production[]

This episode was confirmed on June 6, 2011.^[2]

Storyboards[]

Art[]

Music[]

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

• Ripped Hide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus ["Salutations, puny mortals! I am the great genie of the slide carousel!"]
‣ Straight from Hell - Gregor F. Narholz ["Silence, red one! Withstand my slides!"]
‣ Shock Headed Peter - Ronald Hanmer [Plankton breaks the slide projector]
• Steel Licks 40 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes the projector light and sticks it in one of his holes]
• Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield [First slide is shown]
• PI Befuddled #1 percussion (close mic rev) - Pat Irwin ["My second honeymoon!"]
• PI Befuddled #1 winds brass (close mic rev) - Pat Irwin ["My second honeymoon!"]
• PI Befuddled #1strings (close mic rev) - Pat Irwin ["My second honeymoon!"]
• SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Start of Plankton's story]
• PI Befuddled #1 percussion (close mic rev) - Pat Irwin [Mailman arrives at Krusty Krab]
• PI Befuddled #1 winds brass (close mic rev) - Pat Irwin [Mailman arrives at Krusty Krab]
• PI Befuddled #1strings (close mic rev) - Pat Irwin [Mailman arrives at Krusty Krab]
• Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Boy, if I weren't already on parole..."]
• Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["Mail call!"]
• Tentacally Speaking - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Free tickets to cruise]
‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton spying]
• PI Wiggle and Wobble #2 stereo mix - Pat Irwin ["We are going on a luxury cruise!"]
• PI Wiggle and Wobble #3 stereo mix - Pat Irwin [Plankton looking through the vacation suitcase]
• Steel Licks 47 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Gotta rethink that vacation algorithm when we get back."]
‣ Bahamas - Marc Durst [On the cruise ship]
• Sneaky Buns - Nicolas Carr ["There he is, that swabby fool. Your turn now, Krabs."]
‣ Miss World (c) - Tony Kinsey ["Who are you denouncing now?"]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["That's it!"]
• Fooling Around Lo Brass - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton escapes/Plankton finishes getting up the stairs]
• Steel Licks 70 - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton groans]
• Blue Tide - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton comes back with Karen]
• FlexTone Sting - Nicolas Carr [Plankton notices Mr. Krabs]
• Steel Licks 66 - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton massaging Karen's wheels]
• Sponge Burgler - Nicolas Carr [Plankton hiding in steam room]
‣ Harry the Hippo [#56] - Phil Green ["Boy, I'm so sweaty."]
‣ Horror Crash - Harry Lubin [Plankton slides down fat guy's back and into his trunks]
• Steel Licks 73 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I hate you, Krabs!"]
• Earls Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob shuffleboarding]
• High and Lonesome Surf - Pat Irwin [Mr. Krabs waterskiing]
• Steel Licks 4 - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton cut in half]
• Krusty Krab Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Free land food buffet]
• Steel Licks 78 - Jeremy Wakefield ["How can anyone stand this slop?"]
‣ Banners Victorious - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob sets up his grill]
• Steel Licks 35 - Jeremy Wakefield ["What is that delicious smell?"]
• What the Huh Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [Mr. Krabs about to eat the patty]
• Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Line of customers]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton in disguise]
‣ Six Powerful Cues F - Wilfred William Burns [Plankton takes off]
• Saltwaterworks - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["I knew that you were up to something. I can't believe you'd try and fool me for your own selfish needs!"]
• Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Boat cut in half]
• M'Wanna - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]

Release[]

This episode is available on the SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip, Bikini Bottom Getaways, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 13, Complete Eighth Season, On the Road, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, 3 DVD Value Pack, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, Next 100 Episodes, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, The Seventh & Eighth Seasons, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.

Trivia[]

General[]

This is the only episode of the roadtrip miniseries to not be storyboarded and written by Sean Charmatz.
This is the only episode of the roadtrip miniseries of which the title does not have the word "(va)cation" in it.
- Though “Walking The” is a play on the term “Walking Vacation.”
This episode was available on the SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip DVD, released earlier in 2011, before it aired on television.
The episode's title is the same as Chapter 2 in the Game Boy Advance version of the Revenge of the Flying Dutchman video game.
This is the third of five vacation-themed episodes part of the SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip miniseries.
This is the first episode in which Mr. Krabs mispronounces Plankton's name as "Plankteron."
It is revealed that Plankton and Karen never had a honeymoon at all after they got married.
The title card background is similar to the ones of "Ripped Pants," "Walking Small," and "Yours, Mine and Mine." Out of all of them, the title card background is most similar to the latter.
In this episode, it is revealed that Karen has a vacation knob, which makes her enjoy vacationing.
If the letter is read upside-down when SpongeBob opens it, it reveals that the Krusty Krab's address is 831 Bottom Feeder Lane.
- And therefore, the Chum Bucket would likely be 830 or 832 (or some other even number around 831) Bottom Feeder Lane.
This episode is rated PG in Canada.^{[citation needed]}
This is the first appearance of the fat hairy fish, however, in old prints, his appearance was cut in UK and Ireland airings due to Plankton sliding down towards his butt. He is still listed in the credits, and his appearance returned in remastered prints as of 2024.
Plankton claims to be "the great genie of the slide carousel." He would later pretend to be a genie in "Spin the Bottle" and "Bottle Burglars."
This is the first episode to use "Saltwaterworks," which serves as a replacement for the old "Pua Paoakalani B" and "O Makalapua B."

Episode references[]

Plankton saying that "Plan B" could not fail could be a reference to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, where Plankton's "unbeatable" plan was Plan Z, thus continuing the idea of Plankton using all of the letters of the alphabet to represent each of his biggest schemes.

Cultural references[]

The title is a parody of the sailor phrase "walking the plank."

Dub facts[]

This is the last episode to use Plankton’s old and original Dutch voice actor.

Errors[]

Walking the Plankton 211 — The vacation knob is missing when Karen shouts at Plankton.

When Karen berates Plankton for ruining the honeymoon, her Vacation knob is missing. It later reappears when she turns around and sets the dial to maximum.
In the UK and Ireland, before 2024, the entire episode is darkened.

Videos[]

Nickelodeon_Split_Screen_Credits_(October_22,_2011) — Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (October 22, 2011)

SpongeBob_SquarePants_-_Cruise_Life_Nickelodeon — SpongeBob SquarePants - Cruise Life Nickelodeon

Names in other languages[]

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish (American)	De crucero con Plankton	Cruising with Plankton
Spanish (European)	Un crucero con Plankton	A Cruise with Plankton

References[]

[1] Nickelodeon UK & Ireland Confirm "SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip" Will Show From August 19th! - NickUKHub

[2] ttps://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=197&ti=226,197&SEQ=20231112003148&Search%5FArg=SpongeBob%20SquarePants&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=25&PID=ZvxlSGtDNc1Zz-tH6bKAJ-j6FBDcH&SID=2

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