G5 Adventures in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

Saving Plankton/Assembling the Team

The crowd was becoming even more restless than Squidward stated, and Mr. Krabs knew he was the only one who would be able to get it under control before something worse happened.

As the protestors began to shout even louder, even picking up Squidward's boat desk (plus Squidward), Mr. Krabs held up his claws. "STOP!!!!!"

Everyone stopped at the shout and the customers even dropped the boat desk, leaving Squidward to fall as well. "I'm not your enemy!" Mr. Krabs shouted before showing a wanted sign of Plankton. "Plankton is your enemy!"

"So is he an anemone or a plankton?" Squidward asked sarcastically, and Pipp played a rimshot on her phone, causing many to glare at her. "Somepony had to do it!"

"But... Mr. Krabs?" Misty tried to speak, but Mr. Krabs went on with his speech, showing off a drawn picture of a Krabby Patty. "He took this from you!"

"Krabby Patty..." murmured one customer in hunger. "I can almost taste it," Sandals added in the same manner. That's when SpongeBob decided to try again. "Uh, Mr. Krabs, Plankton didn't take the secret formula."

"Not now, SpongeBob!" Mr. Krabs fussed, tossing the paper away, which fell into Patrick's expecting arms. "Hey!" Patrick called out. "I ordered a double Krabby Patty!"

"So join me!" Mr. Krabs shouted to the customers. "Help get the formuler back, and I'll give each and every one of you a free Krabby Patty!"

To this, everyone in the crowd cheered, but Mr. Krabs immediately regretted the choice of words. "Oh, no! Wait! Even better, a slight discount!"

The customers groaned, but the groaning was forgotten and they followed Mr. Krabs to the Chum Bucket, only to have SpongeBob and the ponies looking on. "But..." SpongeBob said quietly, "...he didn't do it."

"Oh, SpongeBob... I can't imagine how much of a stressful situation you're in right now," Sunny frowned, putting a gentle hoof on his shoulder. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

"There is something we can do," Misty said with a serious expression. "We can go help Plankton escape from that mob, and then work with him to find Sparky and the formula."

"What?!" Hitch exclaimed. "No-- absolutely not!"

"Exactly my thoughts. What if Plankton DID steal the formula somehow?" Zipp agreed. "Then we'd be helping the enemy, and we would never find Sparky!"

"Look... maybe this is what the Unity Crystals called us to do," Sunny stated. "Help Plankton turn himself around and become a better... plankton? So... I think we need to at least try."

SpongeBob smiled at this with a relieved expression. "Thanks, Sunny. But we better get over there before Mr. Krabs tears Plankton apart."

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Back at the Chum Bucket, Plankton was telling his wife everything that went on just 30 minutes before, completely downtrodden. "I had it right in my greedy little mitts, and then... poof! And now it's gone. Gone forever. Oh, I was so close to gaining the people's respect/fear."

"Uh, Plankton?"

"Oh, when will my frustration/humiliation end?"

"Plankton?"

"Not now, hon!" Plankton groaned. "I'm ranting/raving. All right, what is it?"

"Well, I was trying to tell you there's an angry mob outside. But now they're inside."

When Plankton looked around, he realized that Karen was completely right, and became frightened as Mr. Krabs grabbed him, the customers grabbed Karen and they all went back outside, where Plankton was heavily slammed to the ground. "You all look very hungry," Plankton chuckled nervously. "Can I get anybody a Chum Burger?"