G5 Adventures in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

Sparky and the Formula-- Gone!

After a little while, the Krusty Krab was as good as new-- just as good as when the ponies first saw it. The ponies were proving to be a huge help in the kitchen too-- prepping the ingredients, cooking, sending the patties out and even helping Squidward take the orders.

Squidward didn't mind-- the less he had to do, the better his days seemed to turn out.

But... there was still one lingering factor from their battle: Plankton himself.

A short few minutes after the said villain left, Sunny and Mr. Krabs looked outside, and the apricot mare found herself frowning at how sad he looked. "He's been out there crying for twenty minutes."

"Pathetic," Mr. Krabs scoffed and handed SpongeBob his telescope before adjusting his pants. "I'm just gonna go out there and gloat a little."

And just like that, he left to to gloat to his enemy. "Wow. SpongeBob, have Mr. Krabs and Plankton always acted this way?" Zipp asked, turning toward the yellow sponge in surprise. "Not always," SpongeBob shook his head. "Believe it or not, Plankton and Mr. Krabs used to be friends."

"Friends?" Sunny looked confused. "What caused them to not be friends anymore?"

"Eh, it's a long story," SpongeBob shrugged. "But let's just say... it's a brutal story. So, what about you? Do you all have any enemies back where you're from? What did you say it was called again?"

"Equestria. And... honestly, we do," Misty admitted, although a little hesitantly. "An evil alicorn named Opaline is trying to steal all the magic in Equestria, and... I used to actually serve her. In exchange for Sparky, she promised to give me a cutie mark."

SpongeBob blinked in confusion. "Is that the same thing as a beauty mark?"

"Heh heh, no. This is a cutie mark," Sunny showed SpongeBob the shooting star cutie mark on her fin. "Whenever we do what we really love or are spreading unity, our cutie marks start to glow, and it makes our magic stronger."

"Wooooow... I must know more," SpongeBob said in an interested tone. "We'd be happy to teach you," Zipp said, "but you better pull up a chair-- this may take a while."

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But meanwhile, in the very vault where Mr. Krabs stored the secret formula, Plankton (the real Plankton, not the one who was outside crying) emerged from the penny Mr. Krabs tossed in the vault before. He laughed wickedly before turning to the headset he was wearing. "Cyclops to Laptop. Come in, Laptop."

"Laptop... you do realize that nickname is demeaning. I have twice the processing power of 'a laptop'," Karen, his computer wife back at the Chum Bucket said with an ironical tone. "Never mind. Maintain radio silence," Plankton threw his headset away and approached the bottle with the secret formula inside... just before he noticed a light beneath it, as well as a silver plate. This caused Plankton to smirk a bit, slightly amused. "A pressure plate, eh, Krabs? Amateur hour."

So, he decided to come up with a non-amatuer solution.

He managed to make an exact replica of the Krabby Patty formula bottle and slid it right onto the pressure plate, and wickedly grinned as the pressure plate accepted the weight. "Good enough to fool that idiot Krabs."

Now, it seemed like nothing could ruin this moment.

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Back out front, SpongeBob and the mares were watching as Mr. Krabs danced circles around the sobbing Plankton, saying 'Plankton's broke' over and over again. "Look at Mr. Krabs go," SpongeBob said with a grin. "I've never seen him gloat this hard before."

"Me neither... although we did only meet him a few hours ago, so that makes sense," Pipp shrugged in agreement. "Hey... guys?" Hitch swam toward them, looking a little worried. "Have any of you seen Sparky? I left him in the kitchen to take a nap while we were talking with SpongeBob, and I can't find him anywhere-- even Squidward hasn't seen him!"