
Plankton is one of the animated characters in the cartoon series, SpongeBob SquarePants; he is the owner of the Chum Bucket restaurant competing for customers with Krabs’ rival business. It is only in an episode like Plankton’s Army that viewers learn the full name of the character: Sheldon J. Plankton. He is married to a computer, but not even his wife, Karen, knows his full name. When she finds out she laughs at Plankton, but without being mean. All throughout the series Plankton will try to get his hands on Mr. Krabs’ secret recipe.
Sheldon Plankton is the smallest of the characters in SpongeBob SquarePants, he is so tiny that he can fit into SpongeBob’s hand. This one-eyed zooplankter is easy to recognize by his voice too, that will surprise the first time viewer with its deep tonalities. In a funny episode, within an equally funny context, Plankton is very close to becoming Mr. Krabs’ stepfather: now, picture that! In the movie version of the animation, Plankton finally succeeds in stealing the Krusty Krabs’ secret recipe and he is the happiest zooplankter in the world. Unfortunately, SpongeBob ruins his dream of world domination.
There is a lot of contradiction between Plankton’s humble tiny appearance and his aspirations and goals. Who would expect mighty things from the jelly green bean-shaped creature that is 99% evil and only 1% good. The flaws of his nature keep him away from getting hands on the Krabby Patty formula, because he makes stupid mistakes out of impatience and too much haste. Jealous and sneaky, Plankton forgets that once, Mr. Krabs used to be his friend and the only one who didn’t laugh at him and protected him against the others. His anger is often targeting SpongeBob that looks to Plankton as both silly and babyish, and who on top of everything knows the ingredients of the Krabby Patty recipe.
Plankton is the only villain and antagonist character in SpongeBob SquarePants. He makes all sorts of major schemes to achieve his goals and usually gets to work with characters that are much stronger in terms of physical appearance; a very large ego surely hides in that tiny body of his. From a certain perspective, Plankton gets viewers’ sympathy by his miserable failures at getting something that seems so important for him. No matter the way one feels towards this character it is obvious that he gives a grain of salt to the cartoon.
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