Line #87 Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"This kitchen's not the same without you..."'']]
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4	'''Welcome to the Chum Bucket'''
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6	'''Original air date:''' 1/21/2002 ''(produced in 2001; first aired in Canada on 1/10/02)''
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8	Mr. Krabs loses [=SpongeBob=] to Plankton in a game of cards, so now he must work at the Chum Bucket. While Plankton is initially ecstatic to finally have Mr. Krabs' ace-in-the-hole working for him, it doesn't take long for him to get fed up by [=SpongeBob=]'s attitude.
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10	!!"Welcome to the Chum Bucket" contains examples of:
11	* AIIsACrapshoot: Plankton builds a robot to cook Krabby Patties because he thinks robots will never disobey their masters' orders. [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters The robot after earning SpongeBob's brain just becomes him, exhibiting the exact same behaviors that got the brain removed in the first place.]]
12	* BadBoss: Plankton is this to [=SpongeBob=] at first (threatening to tear out his brain for failure), but then he becomes ''too'' [[BenevolentBoss lenient of a boss]] - though it is just as possible [=SpongeBob=] refused to make a Krabby Patty for Plankton to keep him from getting the secret formula.
13	* BigNo: One of [=SpongeBob=]'s responses to Plankton when he refuses to make a patty for him after becoming spoiled.
14	* BigWhat: Plankton does not take it well when his robot backtalks him.
15	-->'''Robot [=SpongeBob=]''': Beep beep doo da dee doo doo! RESPONSE: Why don't you ask me later?\
16	'''Plankton:''' What?! ''WHAT?!''
17	* BrainTheft: When Plankton is sick of [=SpongeBob=] being a LazyBum he straight up removes his brain and sticks it in a robot. This backfires as his personality remains unchanged.
18	* BuffySpeak: When [=SpongeBob=] sees Plankton's replica of the Krusty Krab's kitchen, he points out the details with their exact descriptions, but when he points out a life preserver ring wall decor, he only refers to it as "that thing".
19	* CheatersNeverProsper: Near the end, Plankton admitted to Mr. Krabs that he cheated at their game of poker, which led to the consequences of being driven crazy by [=SpongeBob=]'s rebellious attitude.
20	* DeathGlare: When Spongebob acts as cocky and spoiled around Mr Krabs, he gets an indignant look. While ''having his brain implanted into a robot'' failed, this look is enough to get [[OhCrap Spongebob to very nervously backtrack]] and offer to work the whole day free of charge.
21	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Plankton ultimately resorts to implanting [=SpongeBob=]'s brain in a robot when he refuses to take any orders from Plankton. It does not occur to him that this did not change [=SpongeBob=]'s personality or attitude, and so his robot self remains lazy and disobedient. Lampshaded by Karen who warned him earlier that such schemes "never work".
22	* DistantDuet: “This Grill Is Not a Home”, where [=SpongeBob=] and Mr. Krabs miss each other. It is Lampshaded by Plankton when he watches the action via Karen.
23	-->'''Plankton:''' All these tears...and the showtunes?
24	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Apparently, a few viewers saw Mr. Krabs losing [=SpongeBob=] to Plankton as Mr. Krabs losing a custody battle in a divorce. Plankton revealing that he cheated in poker is akin to Plankton lying in court to get custody.
25	* FailedASpotCheck: Funnily enough, Plankton's forceful control of [=SpongeBob=] ''did'' [[NearVillainVictory nearly cause Mr. Krabs to ultimately go out of business]]. However, he fails to notice the sign that reads "Out of Business" when he approaches Mr. Krabs with the desperate plea to give [=SpongeBob=] back. Seeing that Plankton's finally given up, Mr. Krabs quickly pockets the sign before his nemesis can see it, allowing the fast food joint to resume operations.
26	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Karen tells Plankton putting [=SpongeBob=]'s brain in the robot "never works", foreshadowing what the robot will do later on in the episode.
27	* FreezeFrameBonus: [=RoboBob=] is reading a comic book with pictures of [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Squidward.
28	* GladIThoughtOfIt: This marks the start of the RunningGag where Karen comes up with a plan to get the formula, but Plankton dismisses her as interrupting or being random, or acts like he doesn't understand or it's not important, then he says the exact same idea.
29	-->'''Karen:''' The answer is obvious: to get to the [=SpongeBob=], you must show him compassion and understanding. Then he'll give you what you want.\
30	'''Plankton:''' Will you be quiet, Karen? I'm thinking. I've got it! To get to the [=SpongeBob=], I'll show him compassion and understanding. Then he'll give me what I want.
31	* GoneHorriblyRight: [=SpongeBob=]'s requests for Plankton eventually lead him to become a spoiled brat.
32	* GoryDiscretionShot: We don't actually see [=SpongeBob=]'s brain being removed before Plankton puts it in the robot, [[ShooOutTheClowns and we don't ever see SpongeBob when the robot is present]].
33	* HoldYourHippogriffs: The robot [=SpongeBob=] tells Plankton off by saying "get welded", presumably a robotic version of "get bent".
34	* HomesicknessHymn: [=SpongeBob=] sings "This Grill is Not a Home", which is about how he misses his old job at the Krusty Krab.
35	* HostageForMacGuffin: In an interesting variation, the hostage here effectively ''is'' the MacGuffin, knowing how to make a Krabby Patty, so Plankton would effectively get the formula without owning it physically.
36	* {{Hustler}}: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]], but later [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Plankton says he had been throwing the card game for years until Krabs slipped up and bet something really valuable on the game (implied that he was waiting for him to eventually bet the Krabby Patty secret formula), but later states he cheated in order to win [=SpongeBob=] off of Krabs.
37	* HypocriticalHumor: Plankton's line "You shouldn't have been a spoiled brat. You see, I always get what I want..." is itself a statement lacking awareness, and his subsequent tantrum over [=SpongeBob=] still refusing to follow his orders just further adds to the irony.
38	* ImagineSpotting: [=SpongeBob=] imagines Plankton escaping his thought bubble to try to steal the Krabby Patty he's holding, then swats him with a flyswatter.
39	* ItCameFromTheFridge: [=SpongeBob=]'s first attempt at cooking a Krabby Patty in Plankton's kitchen sprouts an arm and tries crawling out of the oven.
40	* LazyBum: [=SpongeBob=] after he gets very loosened up.
41	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
42	** Plankton: "All these tears? And the show tunes?"
43	** He does it again by facing the audience and telling them, "I put the brain in the robot, you know!" when he can't decide whether to name his robot [=SpongeBob=] slave either just "[=SpongeBob=]" or "[=RobotBob SpongeChefpants=]"
44	* LostHimInACardGame: Krabs loses [=SpongeBob=]'s contract to Plankton, who then admits he's been throwing the games waiting for the opportunity.
45	* OutOfCharacterMoment: [=SpongeBob=], who proudly calls fry cooking his passion, telling Plankton that he doesn't feel like making Krabby Patties. Can be justified as either a result of Plankton's BadBoss tendencies, or [=SpongeBob=] intentionally annoying Plankton to get himself out of the Chum Bucket.
46	* PrinciplesZealot: Probably the reason that Spongebob refused to make food for Plankton to the point that he lost his brain promptly.
47	* RageBreakingPoint: Turning [=SpongeBob=] into a disobeying spoiled brat is enough to push Plankton's sanity over the limit and remove his brain. Then when the robot with the brain refuses in turn, Plankton gets so furious he is forced to give [=SpongeBob=] back to Mr. Krabs.
48	* ShooOutTheClowns: After [=SpongeBob=]'s brain is put into the robot, [=SpongeBob=] himself is nowhere to be seen and doesn't reappear until the last scene of the episode.
49	* ShoutOut:
50	** "This Grill is Not a Home", [=SpongeBob=] and Mr. Krabs' DistantDuet appears to be an AffectionateParody of "[[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Somewhere Out There]]". The song’s title also seems to reference the Burt Bacharach[=/=]Hal David song "A House is Not a Home".
51	** Mr. Krabs' lines are sung in the style of Music/LouisArmstrong.
52	* SmashCut: Just after Plankton announces [=SpongeBob=]'s brain will be removed after he refuses to make a patty, it cuts right to the scene where the robot chef comes out.
53	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Karen only appears in one scene following the DistantDuet, but her warning Plankton putting [=SpongeBob=]'s brain in the robot chef won't work and he should give him compassion plays a major plot point in the second half of the episode.
54	* SpoiledBrat: Plankton's efforts to be nicer to [=SpongeBob=] just turn him into a lazy punk. [=SpongeBob=] later tries to pull this on Mr. Krabs... and is met with a dagger-shooting glare. That being said, this is a possible interpretation of why he was acting like that.
55	* StatusQuoIsGod: In the end, Plankton ends up giving [=SpongeBob=] back to Mr. Krabs after his repetitive laziness, and the fact he cheated in the card game.
56	* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Plankton tries to make [=SpongeBob=] as happy and comfortable as possible in order to get his Krabby Patty. It backfires when [=SpongeBob=] ends up getting spoiled and lazy, refusing to take any orders, so much so that even ''his disembodied brain in a robot'' starts mouthing off to Plankton!
57	* TooDumbToLive: [=SpongeBob=] apparently forgot the fact that he's in danger of having his ''brain removed'' when he started mouthing off to Plankton like a spoiled punk.
58	* {{Troll}}: A possible interpretation of [=SpongeBob=]'s behavior, rather than becoming a lazy punk, he was most likely acting like that to annoy the crap out of Plankton and let him go back to the Krusty Krab.
59	* UnwillingRoboticization: Plankton threatens to put [=SpongeBob=]'s brain inside a robot if he doesn't make him a Krabby Patty. Eventually, he makes good on his word, but finds that a robot with [=SpongeBob=]'s brain is just as stubborn as the real thing.
60	* VillainousBreakdown: Plankton can only let out a furious SkywardScream when not even [=SpongeBob=]'s brain in a robotic body will cook a Krabby Patty for him.
61	* WrongNameOutburst: When Plankton makes a replica of the Krusty Krab kitchen for [=SpongeBob=], the latter blurts out Mr. Krabs' name by accident.
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64	[[caption-width-right:350:He's got the pencil!]]
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66	'''Frankendoodle'''
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68	'''Original air date:''' 1/21/2002 ''(produced in 2001; first aired in Canada on 1/10/02)''
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70	When an Artist's pencil lands in Bikini Bottom, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick realize the pencil has magical properties, causing whatever is drawn to become real. While using the pencil to play some pranks on Squidward, [=SpongeBob=] makes a doodle version of himself, which takes on a monstrous mind of its own.
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72	!!"Frankendoodle" contains examples of:
73	* AllForNothing: The artist at sea gets his pencil back in the end, but he's unable to draw as he breaks it and he forgot to bring a pencil sharpener.
74	* AngryEyebrows: [=DoodleBob=] draws himself a pair when confronting [=SpongeBob=] at his home. Currently provides the page image.
75	* AnyLastWords: [=SpongeBob=] asks this to [=DoodleBob=] before erasing him. [=DoodleBob=] drops a bunch of gibberish, and slowly and almost annoyed ''repeats it'' when [=SpongeBob=] admits he didn't quite catch that.
76	* ArtInitiatesLife: The drawings made by the pencil come to life.
77	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The pencil sinks like a stone into Bikini Bottom, even though it should've floated because pencils are made of wood.
78	* ArtsyBeret: The episode features the Artist at Sea who wears a beret and apron, with ''only'' a pencil as his medium. The narrator gives advice on bringing a spare pencil when one drops a pencil and a sharpener when one breaks a pencil's lead.
79	* BerserkButton: The artist at sea lets out a [[BigNo Big No]] whenever something bad happens to his pencil. First it sinks underwater, then when he gets it back, the point breaks off when he tries to use it.
80	* BigNo: The Artist at Sea has two, first when he loses his pencil and again when it breaks the second he tries to draw.
81	* {{Bookends}}: The episode starts and ends with the Artist At Sea.
82	* BowledOver: Happens to Patrick, who gets knocked into a bunch of bowling pins by [=DoodleBob=], complete with the sounds and a couple X's marking strikes.
83	* ButtMonkey: Squidward gets pranked by [=SpongeBob=], beaten up by [=DoodleBob=], and gets half of the pencil thrown at him.
84	* CallBack: Patrick saying [[LampshadeHanging "Take it easy, it's just a drawing"]] is a CallBack to [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E7HallMonitorJellyfishJam "Hall Monitor"]] where two policemen tell him [[MemeticMutation "Calm down, son. It's just a drawing, not the real thing"]].
85	* CashLure: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick do this to Squidward.
86	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When [=SpongeBob=] calls for a surprise attack on [=DoodleBob=], Patrick says "Oh, boy, a surprise party! Is it his birthday?" When [=DoodleBob=] ambushes them, Patrick says "Happy birthday!" and gives him a rock as a present. [=DoodleBob=] then hits him over the head with it.
87	-->'''Patrick:''' You're welcome.
88	* CreateYourOwnVillain: [=SpongeBob=] is the one who created "Doodlebob".
89	* CreatorCameo: Writer/voice of Plankton Creator/MrLawrence plays the live action role of the Artist At Sea.
90	* DodgyToupee: [=SpongeBob=] draws a moustache on Patrick, but it flies away and lands on Squidward's head. Squidward is delighted that he finally has hair, but it flies away again after he falls for the CashLure gag.
91	* DownerEnding: Not for Spongebob but rather for the Artist at Sea. After wallowing in sadness after losing his pencil, he's delighted to have it returned to him only for it to break the second he uses it. Even worse, the poor guy forgot to bring a pencil sharpener.
92	* ElongatingArmGag: When the pencil falls to the bottom of the sea, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are startled by it and hide behind a rock. When [=SpongeBob=] goes to investigate, the next shot is of his hand sticking out from offscreen to poke the pencil. The camera pulls back to reveal that [=SpongeBob=] has stretched out his arm from their hiding place, several yards away.
93	* {{Foreshadowing}}: While playing RockPaperScissors with bubbles, [=SpongeBob=] asks Patrick why he always chooses paper. He eventually finds out that paper's used to defeat [=DoodleBob=].
94	* FrankenX: Averted. The living drawing of [=SpongeBob=] is named "[=DoodleBob=]", ''not'' "Frankendoodle."
95	* FromASingleCell: [=SpongeBob=] erases [=DoodleBob=], but accidentally leaves a single arm, which crawls its way back to [=SpongeBob's=] home, grabs the pencil, and redraws the rest of him.
96	* GoodNightSweetPrince: After drawing a crown on Gary with his newfound magic pencil, [=SpongeBob=] tells him "good night, sweet prince" before turning off the light and going to sleep.
97	* HelpingHands: [=DoodleBob=]'s one remaining arm follows [=SpongeBob=] home, grabs the magic pencil and draws the rest of himself.
98	* HopeSpot:
99	** At first it looks like [=SpongeBob=] has erased [=DoodleBob=] out of existence, but as he leaves back home, a single arm crawls out from behind a rock.
100	** At first, the artist is happy to get his pencil back, but then the pencil snaps. And he didn't think to bring a pencil sharpener.
101	* HulkSpeak: [=DoodleBob=] delivers his sole line this way.
102	* HurricaneOfPuns: About drawing.
103	** When [=SpongeBob=]'s first drawing comes alive, Patrick exclaims "Your drawing’s coming to life!" [=SpongeBob=] takes it as a compliment, but Patrick means it quite literally.
104	** [=SpongeBob=] jokes that the magic pencil got up to "draw" itself a glass of water.
105	** As [=DoodleBob=] threatens [=SpongeBob=] with the magic pencil's eraser: "Who knows what'll happen?" ''([=DoodleBob=] erases his nose)'' "I nose!"
106	** After taking the front half of the pencil from [=DoodleBob=]: "Well, Doodle, it looks like this... is a ''draw''." ''([=DoodleBob=] sharpens his half of the pencil)'' "You've made your point."
107	** "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Page for Mister Doodle]]!" ''(traps [=DoodleBob=] inside a book.)''
108	** "We rejoin the artist in a creative slump." Pictured: [[VisualPun the artist is slumped on the inside of his boat, half-asleep]].
109	* InsultFriendlyFire: As Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] spy on [=DoodleBob=].
110	-->'''Patrick:''' He's hideous! He makes me sick; just look at him! Those big, bulgy eyes, that square body, those two buck teeth and that ''stupid'' tie!\
111	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Uh... ahem.\
112	'''Patrick:''' Oh, but it looks good on you, [=SpongeBob=]! ''(chuckles sheepishly)''
113	** Later on, evolves into HypocriticalHumor.
114	--->'''Patrick:''' So... he's a drawing?\
115	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Exactly! See how happy he is?\
116	'''Patrick:''' ''(camera pans over to him looking at a picture of [=SpongeBob=] instead of [=DoodleBob=])'' ...He still looks kinda creepy.
117	* InvoluntarySmileOfIncapacitation: Patrick gives [=DoodleBob=] a rock as a "present". [=DoodleBob=] smashes Patrick's head with it, and Patrick grins, looking dizzy.
118	-->'''Patrick:''' You're welcome.
119	* KillAndReplace: After stealing the magic pencil and redrawing himself, [=DoodleBob=] attempts to erase [=SpongeBob=] with the pencil, stating "''[[HulkSpeak You doodle! ME SPONGEBOB!]]''"
120	* KnightOfCerebus: The episode initially starts off with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick messing around with the magic pencil and getting into various shenanigans as a result of the drawings they create with it. Once they create [=DoodleBob=], however, the tone of the episode gets increasingly dramatic as he proves himself to be a surprisingly big threat, thanks to his lack of inhibitions and eventual determination to KillAndReplace his flesh-and-blood counterpart.
121	* LargeHam:
122	** The Artist at Sea delightfully [[ChewingTheScenery eats what little scenery is around him]].
123	** "I AM SPONGEBOB! DESTROYER OF EVIL!" [[LampshadeHanging "Take it easy, it's just a drawing."]]
124	* LikeASonToMe: [=SpongeBob=] says this of [=DoodleBob=] after he erased him for the first time.
125	* MediumBlending: The magic pencil is a photo of a live-action pencil.
126	* MetronomicManMashing: [=DoodleBob=] picks up Squidward by the tentacles and swings him back and forth.
127	* MobileShrubbery: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick walk in a bush to get close to [=DoodleBob=], only to fall in a drawn hole.
128	* MoodWhiplash: Mid-running-around-and-screaming from the magic pencil, Patrick stops, looks at it as if to confirm that it's scary, and then continues running and screaming.
129	* MundaneMadeAwesome: The freaking pencil. 'Nuff said.
130	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Spongebob claims Doodlebob was this at the end of the episode, after Patrick sees him on Spongebob's wall as a drawing on a piece of paper.
131	-->'''[=Patrick=]:''' It's the evil doodle!\
132	'''Spongebob:''' No, no, not evil. He was just a two-dimensional creature lost in our three-dimensional aquatic world longing for a purpose.\
133	'''[=Patrick=]:''' So...he's a drawing?\
134	'''Spongebob:''' Exactly! See how happy he is?
135	* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The end of the episode has [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick rocketing the pencil back to the surface, with [=SpongeBob=] declaring its powers to be too mighty for the denizens of the sea to handle.
136	* NonSequiturThud: Two from Patrick.
137	** After being hit with a wrench: "Where's the leak, ma'am?"
138	** And, of course, the unforgettable "FINLAND!" after being hit with a bowling ball.
139	* NowItsMyTurn: Said word-for-word by [=SpongeBob=] after [=DoodleBob=] partially erased him and laughed at his defaced appearance.
140	* OddballDoppelganger: [=DoodleBob=] is a rare self-created version (he's antagonistic to the point of being an EvilKnockoff, but [=SpongeBob=] ultimately pities him).
141	* OffscreenInertia: The Artist stayed on his boat for an entire ''night'' for some reason.
142	* OhCrap: "He's got the pencil."
143	* PoorPredictableRock: When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick play RockPaperScissors with bubbles, [=SpongeBob=] realizes that Patrick always picks paper.
144	* PortalPicture: [=SpongeBob=] discovers that [=DoodleBob=] can be trapped in paper (since he's a living pencil sketch), so he traps him inside a sketchpad. In the end, he has the page with [=DoodleBob=] inside hanging on his wall, saying that he's happier there. Patrick still finds him "kinda creepy", though (while looking at a photo of [=SpongeBob=]).
145	* PrankGoneTooFar: Patrick might have (initially) found it funny that [=DoodleBob=] effectively pounded Squidward around in Franchise/{{Asterix}} fashion, but it effectively caused [=SpongeBob=] to go MyGodWhatHaveIDone
146	* StealthPun: [=SpongeBob=] using the pencil to redecorate his bedroom. He literally ''draws his curtains.''
147	* StickFigureAnimation: All the magic drawings [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and [=DoodleBob=] make.
148	* SuddenlySpeaking: When [=SpongeBob=] encounters [=DoodleBob=] at home, he says verbally, "You doodle! '''''Me [=SPONGEBOB=]!'''''"
149	* TakeThat: This little jab at the AnimationAgeGhetto.[[invoked]]
150	-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Be careful, Patrick. Being an artist is a heavy responsibility. Each work of art is like a child, and must be treated as such...\
151	'''Patrick:''' C'mon! I was just gonna draw a cartoon!\
152	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''[[MoodWhiplash (suddenly excited)]]'' Okay! Why didn't you say so?
153	* TragicMonster: Despite all the chaos he caused, [=SpongeBob=] ultimately perceives [=DoodleBob=] as this, claiming he was a lost 2D creature in a 3D environment which was utterly alien and otherworldly for him, and everything he did was out of confusion and desperation to survive.
154	* TheUnintelligible: [=DoodleBob=]'s speech is nothing but random gibberish. [[SuddenlySpeaking At first.]]
155	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged.]] While [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick ''are'' indeed scared of the pencil at first and end up hiding from it, while they're running around and screaming like animals startled from an object crash-landing, Patrick stops in his tracks and looks at the pencil as if it were something always meant to be there.
156	* VocalDissonance: Played to hilarious effect with Mr. Lawrence (The Artist at Sea) doing his best over-the-top Plankton voice whenever he appears. His voice is also obviously dubbed for comic effect.
157	* WhatHaveIDone: [=SpongeBob=] says it after [=DoodleBob=] beats up Squidward and takes the pencil.
158	* YourSizeMayVary: The pencil seems to shrink down a bit when in [=SpongeBob=]'s world.

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