Sheldon J. Plankton
From SpongeBob SquarePants
| Sheldon Jason Plankton | |
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| General Information | |
| Gender: | male |
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| Color: | Green |
| Eye Color: | Red and Yellow |
| Birthday: | November 30, 1942 (age; 66) |
| Height: | 2 inches (in Komputer Overload |
| Weight: | very light |
| Address: | The Chum Bucket |
| Occupation(s): | Owner and Founder of the Chum Bucket |
| Aliases: | Peter Lankton, Clay, Shrimp, Bug, Plankton, Dirty Little Man, Planky, Mr. Brain-a-tron 5000, Professor Plankton |
| Family & Friends | |
| Family: | Karen (Wife) Clem (Cousin) Zeke Rufus Jeke Billy Bob Billy Jim Billy Billy Bo Willy Banana Fanna Fo Filly Doug Enis Rainchild Gram Gram (mentioned in Krabs vs. Plankton) |
| Friends: | None (currently) Former friends: SpongeBob SquarePants (F.U.N.) Mr. Krabs (New Leaf, Friend or Foe) Mama Krabs (Enemy In-Law) Professor Finbarr Calamitous (Nicktoons Unite!) Vlad Plasmius (Nicktoons Unite!) Mr. Denzel Crocker (Nicktoons Unite!) |
| Pet(s): | Labrador |
| Employees: | SpongeBob SquarePants (Welcome to the Chum Bucket) Patrick Star (The Fry Cook Games) Stanley S. SquarePants (Stanley S. SquarePants) |
| Enemies: | Eugene Krabs SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick Star Squidward Tentacles King Neptune Princess Mindy |
| Series Information | |
| First appearance: | Plankton! |
Sheldon Jason Plankton (Mostly known as just Plankton) is the main antagonist of the series, although the majority of episodes dont involve him. He is a technologically savvy, deep-voiced zooplankton with one central eye—a real-life characteristic of some copepods. Plankton is the smallest of the main characters in the series, able to fit in small places such as SpongeBob SquarePants' hand, under Mr. Krabs' foot, and is comparable in size to a jellybean (In fact, he was once mistaken for one in the episode F.U.N.). His size has greatly differed throughout the series. Plankton is voiced by "Mr." Doug Lawrence.
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[edit] Biography
Sheldon, known simply as "Plankton", is Mr. Krabs' tiny, green, oval-shaped, one-eyed business rival on the Nickelodeon animated comedy SpongeBob SquarePants. He is a plankton/pickle and runs a "competing" (though remarkably unpopular) restaurant called the Chum Bucket, which is located directly across the street from the Krusty Krab. Despite its proximity to the Krusty Krab, the Chum Bucket itself is rarely seen in the cartoon, except for those episodes in which Plankton also appears.
Plankton is made of "1% evil, 99% hot gas" as revealed by his wife Karen in the episode "Plankton!" He is Mr. Krabs' arch enemy, and is SpongeBob SquarePants' occasional nemesis, though many times SpongeBob is naive of Plankton's evil powers. He once sang the "F.U.N." song, with SpongeBob and made up his own Plankton-esque words to it in "F.U.N.". In the same episode, he imagined himself riding a flying jellyfish and destroying Bikini Bottom with zap plasma rays. Plankton is a science wiz, and even knows how to induce thermonuclear fusion. His primary catch phrase is " You cannot beat me Krabs! I went to college!!!", which he usually says while flying back towards the Chum Bucket after one of his schemes to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula has failed, though it has been used in other context. His other catch phrases include "I WIN! I WIN!", "You're all mine you sweet Krabby Patty!", "I wish to rule you!", "Hehhehehaaa!!", "Ouch." and others. Plankton's desire is to put Mr. Krabs out of business and infiltrate the Krusty Krab. All of his nearly successful but ultimately foiled plans involve getting hold of the secret recipe for the copyrighted Krabby Patty, the main food item served at the Krusty Krab, in order to get customers. Plankton frequently plays on the naive trusting nature of SpongeBob to try and get the recipe, along with engaging in various forms of trickery or theft to get either a Krabby Patty or the recipe. These forms have ranged from posing as a psychiatrist for SpongeBob to using a self-controlled robot version of Mr. Krabs. Plankton is almost always scheming away in his laboratory. In the episode "The Algae's Always Greener", Plankton switched lives with Mr. Krabs for a day, and he found he preferred being himself and living with his computer wife. Most of the time it is his own evil desire to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula that causes his plans to end badly, such as in the episode "Plankton!", in which his lust over a Krabby Patty tossed him into his own ingredient analyzing machine where it was determined that he was 1% evil, 99% hot gas. On numerous occasions, he has been seen listening to different versions of the alphabet song, including in the "Employee of the Month" CD-ROM, where he is seen on a bus listening to a metal rock version of the song, realizes it, and flips his vinyl record over to listen to some classical music.
Plankton lives at the Chum Bucket with Karen, his dear computer "W.I.F.E." (Wired integrated Female Electroencephalograph), who irritates him to no end. Plankton's first name, Sheldon, is constantly made fun of by his computer wife. Plankton speaks in a deep, melodramatic voice, and enjoys pursuing various forms of villainy, such as Krabby Patty theft and mind control. Plankton not only wants to be the king of fast food, he wants to be supreme commander of the world. Like other Nicktoon villains, he always uses disguises. He disguises himself as a giant sea cucumber, a roach, Mr. Krabs, and even as money used by a robot who sounds like he comes from the "No Weenies Allowed" episode. He is a near-perfect asset to the show, and has his own following among the fans. He made his first appearance in the episode "Plankton!", and has used many guises and plans to steal a Krabby Patty, such as using SpongeBob to try and steal a Krabby Patty, disguising himself as Mr. Krabs to get the secret formula from, and switching lives with Mr. Krabs, in order to get a taste of success. As disclosed in the episode "Plankton's Army", Plankton's first name is Sheldon, which amused Karen to no end. It is also revealed that sometimes Plankton is depressed because of his continual failure (in "F.U.N.", Squidward even tells him he is the most hated creature in Bikini Bottom. He is also depressed because his small stature tends to make him ignored or squished (revealed in "Plankton's Army"). In the same episode, it was also revealed that Plankton has been trying to discover Mr. Krabs' secret formula for the past 25 years.
In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Plankton learns there are 26 letters in the alphabet and executes "Evil Plan Z, where he steals the crown of King Neptune, delivers it to Shell City (a gift shop located on the surface), and frames the theft on Mr. Krabs, whom Neptune freezes. While Krabs is frozen, Plankton successfully steals the Krabby Patty formula and begins producing Krabby Patties, giving free bucket helmets away with each one. The helmets are, in fact, mind-control devices which Plankton uses to make the citizens bend to his will and change Bikini Bottom to suit his image, renaming the city "Planktopolis." Unfortunately for Plankton, SpongeBob and Patrick manage to retrieve the crown and bring it back to King Neptune, and frees everyone under Plankton's control by using the power of rock and roll. Plankton is stomped on and soon arrested, taken away by the authorities, but vows to return and destroy everyone. He said: "I will destroy all of you!" His ancestor, Dead Eye Plankton appeared in Pest of the West.
Plankton's size varies through episodes. Sometimes he is microscopic, and other times he is about knee high. Patrick studied him supposedly in Patrick Smartpants on a microscope.
He lost about probably a huge set of coins in game cards, 50 dollars, and his lawnmower to Mr. Krabs.
Plankton was born in 1942. As he and Mr. Krabs were friends at birth. Mr. Krabs' age was known in "Sleepy Time." Currently he is 58.
While the 'secret' ingredient of a Krabby Patty is unknown, in the episode "Spongicus" Plankton reveals to a customer what exactly is in his chum which is made of 4 disgusting ingredients which are Jellyfish squeezings, seahorse snout, whale blubber and anchor rust. In the same episode he apparently also realizes that his chum is 'inedible' but he also mentions that it's the usual recipe. This could mean that either didn't notice how bad it was and/or he's so focused on trying to steal a Krabby Patty that he doesn't bother to improve his chum instead.
[edit] Early life and career
Plankton's best friend from birth was his future rival Eugene Krabs. Their friendship was revealed in Friend or Foe. Both Krabs and Plankton were considered outcasts by other children, because Krabs was poor and Plankton was a nerd. When they discovered money could bring them out of their poverty, they decided to make money selling hamburger patties. They later sat up a mini restaurant in the local dump. At first, their burgers were not successful, the fist of the set of bad patty was tried by Old Man Jenkins, who had helped Krabs and his mom through some rough times. Needless to say, the bad patty knocked Jenkins out. Plankton started complaining about how Jenkins had been old and not able to handle the patty. Krabs, offended by this, tried to take the recipe from Plankton to improve upon. Plankton wanted to do this himself, but only ended up with the corner of the recipe which read "and a pinch of chum". Plankton stormed out of the restaurant, and went to create his own recipe using only his memory,the corner of the recipe, and science. At school, Plankton attempted to sell his chum burgers in a chum bucket and failed, when Krabs succeeded with his Krabby Patties, which he had created by accident when Plankton had slammed the door. Ingredients fell in the patty batter, thus creating the patty. Plankton later named his restaurant the Chum Bucket, after the secret ingredient of the original unsuccessful patty recipe. Then Mr. Krabs named his restaurant The Krusty Krab.
In "Dunces and Dragons" it is implied that the Plankton/Krabs feud began centuries ago when Plankton's evil overlord ancestor Planktonamor was vanquished by a Krabby Patty. Since there is not any feud between Krabs and Plankton in their early childhood, it is possible that these families settled their differences until the childhoods of Krabs and Plankton.
Mr. Krabs and Plankton were once college roommates, but they slowly developed a rivalry. This was revealed in the comics to have been caused by, being stepped on by Mr. Krabs (which did not annoy him at all), being closed inside Mr. Krabs' book (which aggravated him a little) and Mr Krabs going out with his date and Plankton's date (which started their rivalry). Plankton views Mr. Krabs as greedy (which he is), and Mr. Krabs views Plankton as a thief (which he is). Since it was revealed in, "Friend or Foe" that they were rivals earlier than college, it is possible they tried to settle their differences, but did not. Since then, Krabs and Plankton got along with each other in "New Leaf" and "Best Frenemies," implying that their friendship and/or rivalry went back and forth throughout their lifetime.
[edit] Relationships
In the beginning, Plankton and Krabs were friends as evident in "Friend or Foe, yet even after they went separate ways, they still maintained a happy relationship as nemeses, even as far as to join together in order to compete with a new competitor that threatens to get in the way of their rivalry in "Best Frenemies.
Shortly after Plankton left Krabs to make his own patty, he met Karen, a security computer. They fell in love and Plankton proposed to her on their third date, but she denied. In the episode, "Enemy In-Law," Plankton, insisting Karen is just a computer and not an actual wife, turned her off temporarily to date Mr. Krabs' mother. When this relationship failed, he turned Karen on again by accident.
[edit] Weaknesses
- Size
- Not having the ability to ever get a Krabby Patty
- Mr. Krabs
[edit] Band
In the episode "Band Geeks," Plankton, without much conflict, placidly participates in the band. At the performance he plays a keyboard. During the first rehearsal, however, he is shown with a triangle, and, later a harmonica. When Squidward asks if anyone has experience playing instruments, Plankton responds with "Do instruments of torture count?" In the episode "Krabby Road, "Plankton starts a band called The Patty Stealers but really it's just a plot.
[edit] Family
Plankton has various relatives, whom he enlists help from in "Plankton's Army" while attempting to retrieve the Krabby Patty secret formula. Relatives include (but are not limited to): Clem, Zeke, Rufus, Jeke, Billy Bob, Billy Jim, Billy Billy Bo Willy Banana Fanna Fo Filly, Doug, Enis, and Rainchild. His relatives, quite strangely enough already, seem to be a big bunch of friendly, gullible, multicolored, root-beer crazed, uneducated hillbilly planktons, (One has a laptop, and is therefore smarter) whom Plankton himself barely even recognizes. Unlike his relatives Plankton got his ingenious mind from going to college. He has two known ancestors. One: the evil wizard Planktonamor during the Dark Ages, Two: Dead Eye Plankton, a wealthy citizen who tried a hostile takeover of Bikini Gulch then defeated by Sheriff Spongebuck Squarepants; lived during the Wild West era.
[edit] Video games
- In SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Plankton appears as the main antagonist of the game. In the game, he makes an attempt to take over Bikini Bottom and taking the Krabby Patty formula by creating a robot machine called the Duplicatotron 3000. After he creates the robots, the robots do not obey him, because he forgot to set the switch from Do not Obey to Obey. Plankton decided to convince SpongeBob (with the help of Patrick and Sandy) to do all the work of destroying the robots, because SpongeBob thought the situation was his fault.
- In SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!, Plankton appears as a playable character. In the game, he uses a robotic suit to act in the auditions (the parts that are played). Also, the "Captive" role, as well as the auditions for it, takes place in the Chum Bucket.
- In Nicktoons Unite!, Plankton was recruited by Professor Finbarr Calamitous to his team. He uses a crab mech to fight the heroes.
- In SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab, Plankton was chased by an evil giant Krabby Patty but then enlarges himself to giant-size and goes on a destructive rage and then it's up to SpongeBob and Patrick to stop him.
- In SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge, Plankton has a brief cameo, in which he yells at SpongeBob for stealing his time machine. "Blast you SpongeBrat! You have found my secret time machine! Well whatever you do, make sure you fill it up before you bring it back!
- In Nicktoons;globs of doom Plankton and 4 other villains teamed up with the heroes to defeat Globulous.
- In Nicktoons Racing Plankton appears as a Mystery Rider.
[edit] Inventions
- Hypno-Pod: Hypnotizes jellyfish to be slaves as seen in the online game, Plankton's Pernicious Plot.
- Time Machine: Seen in SuperSponge
- High-Powered Mechanical Bio Arm: Opens anything - revealed but malfunctioned in the episode, "Best Frenemies."
- Enlargetron: Makes things bigger, seen in Creature from the Krusty Krab.
- Robo-Krabs: Robot version of Mr. Krabs, Seen in Imitation Krabs, Operation Krabby Patty, New Leaf, and Spy Buddies.
- The switch-lives-just-to-know-what-it's-like-o-microfier. Seen in "The Algae's Always Greener".
- New computer inventions, seen in "Komputer Overload".
[edit] Plans
[edit] Trivia
- It is revealed in "Bucket Sweet Bucket" that Plankton likes log cabins, possibly due to his hillbilly family.
- In the episode Plankton! Mr. Krabs needed a magnifying glass to see him.In the episode Patrick SmartPants,Patrick needed a microscope to see him.
- In the episode "Fear of a Krabby Patty", one of his aliases is "'Dr. P. Lankton'", but neither SpongeBob nor Mr. K realize that it is really Plankton.
- Plankton appears in the "United Plankton Pictures" logo.
[edit] Memorable quotes
- Karen (computer wife): Yes! What you need to do is surround yourself with muscular toughguys who will do whatever you say.
- Plankton: ... I like the sound of that! I'll head to all the seedious, low-brow dives in town for the perfect henchmen! And I know just how to speak their language. [later, talking to some thugs in a pool hall] Falicitations, malfactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formula if on the preparation to peddle affordable commestables! WHO WILL JOIN ME? [scene immediately jumps to Plankton, now in bandages, back at the Chum Bucket] I just don't get it! No matter what I do, I always get stepped on by someone bigger than me!
- Plankton: Hear me, Krabs! When I discover your formula for Krabby Patties, I'll run you out of business! I went to college!
- Plankton: (often repeated): Ouch!
- Plankton: Do you know how to induce thermonuclear fusion?
- SpongeBob: No...
- Plankton: (watching snowflakes fall) I will harness their energy and rule the world! (is covered in several flakes) Stop! I wish to rule you!
- Plankton: Well, this stinks [from the episodes Plankton! and Culture Shock.]
- Plankton: I will destroy all of you!!!!
- Plankton: I have presented you with a monetary offering as custom dictates. My wish is mainly to be taller! Even just a little?
[edit] Personality
Plankton is very jealous, but he is sneaky and nearly arrives to steal the mysterious Krabby Patty Formula. He never arrives it because he is too overhasty and impatient, he cannot wait. He thinks he can outgun everyone and doesn't want to believe that he is small. Before he was Mr. Krabs' enemy, he was his only friend! Everyone else laughed at him because he is so small and easy to beat him, but because Mr. Krabs was with him he wasn't too angry. But since they are enemies he wants to govern the world and revenge everyone who laugh or laughed at him. He often rips SpongeBob off, because he thinks SpongeBob is silly and babyish, also because SpongeBob happens to know the Krabby Patty's ingredients. (He puts upon SpongeBob in episodes like Walking Small or Plankton!). Plankton is the main antagonist and main villain of the SpongeBob SquarePants TV series. He is also SpongeBob's and Mr. Krabs' arch nemesis.
[edit] Looks
Plankton is a very small thing. He is a dark green color and is very light. He has two antennae, one in which he broke in the fry cook games. He has a oval-shaped body, one big yellow eye with red pupil-less irises, and stubby hands and feet.
[edit] In popular culture
- The second Nickelodeon show The Fairly Oddparents made fun of Plankton in the episode Catman Meets the Crimson Chin, mostly because The Fairly Oddparents parodies several popular culture depictions. In that episode, the villain The Bronze Knee Cap is seen stealing the Chicken Pie secret recipe, until Catman hacks a hairball into him throwing his body into a police truck.
