Komputer Overload

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Characters

• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Karen Plankton
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Noxious Enterprise's Super SPU-31 Liquid-Cooled Mobile Processing Unit ^(debut)
• T-119A Compumatic ^(debut)
• Perch Perkins ^(cameo)
• Command Module ^(debut)

Synopsis

At the Chum Bucket, Plankton is introducing a new chum sauce, which melts through the pan and later through the floor. Just then, the alarm sounds, informing Plankton about a customer. Plankton goes to receive the order, only to find that he wanted a Krusty Krab product, so Plankton tells him to get those foods and beverages at the Krusty Krab. As he complains over how the people won't buy his food, he feels that Karen wasn't a good employee to him. Then, he threatens to replace his wife with much cooler machines, all three which fails to operate steadily. One of those machines is a toaster with arms and legs, which explodes, but survives. Another which is made of mostly liquid, but popped open and lost its liquid and also survived. The last being a windmill with a hairdryer on its back. Soon, the new inventions were acting aggressive toward each other. Plankton stated that he has had enough of Karen. Karen left a note saying that she's tired of being blamed for his failures. Later, Plankton sics his machines on the Krusty Krab, but it fails. The extension for the machines is not long enough to reach the Krusty Krab. Plankton sees Karen, who has come back to get her things. He apologizes to her and she accepts his apology. They go back to the Chum Bucket together and the episode ends.

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Production

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ SpongeBob Theme (Version 2) - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton [title card]
 ‣ Wooden Bear - Gil Flat, Tony Tape, Florian Voelxen [opening]
 ‣ Frankenstein's Niece A - Gregor F. Narholz [Plankton's chum melts through the floor]
 ‣ Background Blues - Otto Sieben [customer at drive-thru]
 ‣ Steel Sting (a) - Jeremy Wakefield ["What is wrong with people?"]
 ‣ Welcome to The Zoo - Gerhard Narholz Steve Marston Barry Anthony [Plankton threatens to replace Karen]
 ‣ Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Fiachra Trench [Karen watching TV]
 ‣ Star Premiere - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [Plankton's first new invention revealed]
 ‣ Wheels Within Wheels - Ronald Hanmer ["That, my dear, is a T-119A Compumatic."]
 ‣ Star Premiere - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy [second invention revealed]
 ‣ Ticker Tape - Cecil Milner ["Next, behold!"]
 ‣ Steel Sting (f) - Jeremy Wakefield [invention breaks down]
 ‣ Variety Link (d) - Dick Stephen Walter [third invention revealed]
 ‣ Workers Playtime - Harry Bluestone ["Have you ever witnessed such marvelous machinery?"]
 ‣ Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, right."]
 ‣ Comic Walk (Nicolas Carr Version) - Nicolas Carr ["Okay, here we go."]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (g) - Ronald Hanmer [inventions fighting]
 ‣ Steel Licks (b) - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton flattened]
 ‣ Drama Link (b) - Hubert Clifford ["It's you who's been holding me back!"]
 ‣ Drama Link (c) - Hubert Clifford ["Maybe I could iron out a few bugs."]
 ‣ Vibe Q Sitng - Nicolas Carr ["What's this?"]
 ‣ Drama Link (o) - Hubert Clifford [Plankton reads Karen's note]
 ‣ Bubble Popping Boys - "Who needs her?"
 ‣ Wargames Linking Section (b) - Keith Mansfield ["Okay, team, listen up."]
 ‣ Attack - Tony Hymas [Plankton combines the three inventions]
 ‣ Bikini Bottom News Theme - Nicolas Carr [news on TV]
 ‣ Steel Sting (Original Version) - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward shuts it off]
 ‣ King Kong Coming - Gregor F. Narholz [Plankton's machine approaching the Krusty Krab]
 ‣ Wargames Linking Section (f) - Keith Mansfield ["Krabs, I want to see you."]
 ‣ Guerilla Warfare - Harry Bluestone [Plankton demands the Krabby Patty formula]
 ‣ The Pollywog Strut - Gerhard Narholz ["Are you getting this?"]
 ‣ Guerilla Warfare - Harry Bluestone [Plankton goes back inside the machine]
 ‣ Battle at Sea - Johnny Pearson ["Battle stations, men!"]
 ‣ Steel Sting (b) - Jeremy Wakefield [machine unplugged]
 ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [Plankton crying]
 ‣ Kamakani (b) - Kapono Beamer ["Oh, I knew you couldn't stay away!"]
 ‣ Puka A - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ending]

Release

• This episode is available on the SpongeBob's Last Stand, Season 6 Volume 2, and Complete Sixth Season DVDs.

Trivia

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• This is one of the few episodes where Plankton takes the role of a "protagonist villain."
• SpongeBob does not appear until the last 5 minutes of the episode, making him a minor character in this episode.
• The Chum Bucket has a drive-thru in this episode.
• This episode aired as part of the "Bob Squad" marathon.
• The online game "Plankton Pong" is based on this episode.
• The T-119A Compumatic has the production code 119a, which is the production number of the next episode chronologically by # after this one, #118b. 119a is "Gullible Pants."
• This episode premiered three years after Dunces and Dragons premiered in Asia.

Errors

• It is almost impossible that Karen and Plankton's wedding photo was in color.
  • The only ways this is possible is if they color enhanced it or they got a color photographer (which would have been really expensive because it wasn't a common thing at the time of their wedding, which would have been at least 20 years from when this episode aired).
• The letter from Karen says microorganism, but Plankton reads it as "single-cell organism."
• In Indonesia, after Plankton says "I've got a customer to attend to!," the Krabby things is skipped to "Honestly, I don't think anyone in Bikini Bottom would know a decent meal if it looked them right in the eye and said, "Hello! I'm a decent meal, wonderful to meet you! Please pay money for me and then put me in your mouth so your old pal Plankton doesn't lose everything he's spent his entire life working for!!!"
• The Bikini Bottom News said that Plankton's invention was attacking the city, yet he only walked across the street to the Krusty Krab and didn't go into the city at all.
• It is unknown how the liquid robot rebuilds itself.
  • It might have been another unit built just in case one of them broken for any reason.
• When Plankton's giant robot rampages through Bikini Bottom, there is no power cord attaching it to the Chum Bucket.  However, as the robot advances towards the Krusty Krab, the cord appears.