plankton
Posted by admin | Posted in Sponge Bob | Posted on 19-07-2010-05-2008
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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 together with the rest of us, she is terribly amused by it, making Plankton feel really embarrassed. The funny part about this character consists in his continuous attempts to steal Mr. Krabs secret recipe.
Sheldon Plankton plays the smallest of the heroes 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! Plankton’s lifelong wish to get his hands on the Krusty Krabs’ secret recipe is fulfilled only in the movie version of the production, because in most cases when Plankton gets close to fulfilling his dream, SpongeBob ruins all his claim of world domination.
There is a lot of contradiction between Plankton’s humble tiny appearance and his aspirations and goals. This small, jelly, green bean-shaped creature with long antennas is 1% good and 99% evil. His repeated failures at stealing the Krabby Patty formula are caused by his over-haste and impatience. Sneaky and jealous, 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. Plankton’s anger is often directed towards SpongeBob whom he thinks to be too silly and babyish, and who on top of everything knows the ingredients of the Krabby Patty recipe.
We could say that there is no antagonist or villain in the SpongeBob SquarePants series other than Plankton. He creates all sorts of major schemes to achieve his goals and most of the time gets involved with characters that are a lot stronger than him; actually, the fact that he is so small does not prevent him to have a huge ego and a really self-deceptive perception. From a certain point of view, Plankton wins viewers over by his miserable failures at getting something that seems so important for him. Plankton really makes the animation series a lot spicier.
