Original air date: 7/19/2009
Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy
Plankton steals Sandy's fur pelt.
This episode contains examples of:
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: SpongeBob sees Plankton controlling Sandy's pelt and sees something wrong with "her", seemingly about to see through the deception... then he points out it's because "she's" not wearing her spacesuit and helmet.
- Bittersweet Ending: Despite defeating Plankton, Sandy gets arrested by the police for indecent exposure because the Bikini Bottomites laughed at her nudity rather than help her find her stolen fur.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Upon seeing Sandy confronting Plankton while he's wearing her pelt, SpongeBob remarks, "Sandy, you're naked, and you don't have any clothes on."
- Failed a Spot Check: SpongeBob and the others don't even suspect "Sandy" doesn't have any eyes or a full set of teeth in her mouth. Granted, with SpongeBob, it's rather understandable. Exemplified with a Bait-and-Switch when SpongeBob suggests something's up with Sandy, and assumes she's not wearing her space suit and helmet.
- Felony Misdemeanor: Sandy is arrested for public nudity, ignoring the fact that Plankton stole her pelt and impersonated her.
- Hypocrite:
- The residents harass and torment Sandy for what she is wearing, disregarding that they are wearing the same amount of clothing Sandy has.
- The two cops tell Sandy indecent exposure is against the law and arrest her for it, but earlier on, they did nothing but laugh at her for it.
- I Am Not Weasel: A Running Gag throughout this episode is Sandy being mistaken for other animals such as a ferret and even a goat.
- Idiot Ball: It somehow didn't occur to Sandy to wear her spacesuit outside her treedome when she went furless.
- Karma Houdini: Aside from getting sealed in a jar of mustard, Plankton gets absolutely no comeuppance for stealing Sandy's fur.
- Misplaced Retribution: Sandy is arrested for indecent exposure, even though Plankton is the one who stole her fur.
- Naked People Are Funny: Deconstructed. Sandy's nudity leads her to become a laughingstock and also offended by everyone in Bikini Bottom. She even got arrested for it.
- Overly Long Gag: "Ooooh, try again. Ooooh, try again."Plankton: AAAAAARGH!! YOU try it again, I'm makin' my move!
- Police Are Useless: The police were among those who made fun of a furless Sandy, yet in the ending, they arrest her for nudity instead of arresting Plankton, even though Sandy was only naked because Plankton stole her fur for his latest scheme.
- Scenery Censor: Happens with Sandy a couple times despite the fact that she is wearing underwear.
- Selective Enforcement: Sandy gets in trouble for "public nudity", whereas Plankton gets off the hook for stealing Sandy's fur.
- Ungrateful Townsfolk: The citizens of Bikini Bottom were horrible to Sandy. Some made fun of her without her pelt while others shame her for it and pelt her with juice boxes. As if that wasn't bad enough, the police arrest her for indecent exposure despite the fact that it was Plankton's fault.
- Villain Opening Scene: The episode starts with Plankton hiding in one of the bun seeds of a krabby patty.
The Inside Job
Plankton tries to launch himself into Mr. Krabs' head, but ends up in SpongeBob's instead.
This episode contains examples of:
- Didn't Think This Through: Plankton somehow didn't consider any flaws when he ended up in SpongeBob's head.
- First of all, he plugs into his eyes to see what he makes; however, since SpongeBob cannot see himself due to losing his sight and thinking the lights went out, he ends up making a rather gross patty out of kitchen materials.
- Then Plankton plugs into SpongeBob's eardrum so he can hear Mr. Krabs tell the formula; however, just because Plankton can hear what he's hearing doesn't mean SpongeBob can too, and he can't hear Mr. Krabs due to his hearing being shut off.
- Electronic Telepathy: Karen provides a special head device that will allow Plankton to read Mr. Krabs' mind and find out the secret formula that way. Plankton also uses it to hook up to SpongeBob's eyes and ears.
- "Fantastic Voyage" Plot: Plankton ends up in SpongeBob's body and searches his brain and heart to find the Krabby Patty formula.
- Madness Mantra: "Order #17?! Order #17?! Order #17?!"
- Never My Fault: Played for laughs with Karen complaining to Plankton at the end how he messed up the plan, having been unaware of the side-effects from her device that caused him to become like SpongeBob and Patrick, or that sending him back to the Chum Bucket got him stuck to Patrick in the process.
- Painful Transformation: After Plankton absorbs the contents from SpongeBob's mind, his body is transformed to look like SpongeBob and he screams the entire time. The same thing happens when he changes into Patrick.
- Rule of Three: After being launched at Mr. Krabs, three characters each cause problems for Plankton- first Squidward, who’s taking out trash, and then Patrick, who’s just idly wandering around, get in his way. The third time, it’s revealed that it wasn’t Mr. Krabs and actually just a life-size cardboard cutout SpongeBob was holding, causing Plankton to go right into one of his openings.
- Temporary Blindness: SpongeBob temporarily goes blind when Plankton hooks up to his eyes.
- Unknown Rival: Nobody in the Krusty Krab ever found out that Plankton was mind-controlling SpongeBob, nor did they grow suspicious of his behavior.
- Villain Opening Scene: The episode starts with Plankton watching TV at the Chum Bucket.
- Xanatos Speed Chess: Plankton, using an Electronic Telepathy device, tries to launch himself into Mr. Krabs' head to read his mind and steal the secret formula. When he ends up in SpongeBob instead, he decides to change tactics and get it from SpongeBob.
