316a. Pablum Plankton

[Astro Bot]

Premieres: Friday, March 14th at 7pm ET/PT

Plot: Plankton wins a "cutest baby" contest and becomes the face of a baby food brand.

[Fox McCloud]

Will somebody PLEASE tell me what the word "Pablum" MEANS?! Maybe THAN, the episode title would make more sense! And I find it ABSURD that I give people four WHOLE days to talk about this episode without me, and I STILL have to be the first one to talk about it! While it's been established that Plankton doesn't like being CONSIDERED cute; he WAS a cute baby once! And since Karen has nothing better to do, she ALLOWS Spongebob to take one of Plankton's old baby pictures; to show the world how CUTE Plankton was! Surprisingly enough, a baby food company doesn't CARE whether or not someone is STILL a baby; just so long as there was a picture of them AS a baby! The picture causes everyone in Bikini Bottom to recognize Plankton (even if he doesn't realize WHY at first!) But when Plankton finds out the truth, he is MORTIFIED by it! Even more so when it turns out; the reason WHY baby whales are attracted to Plankton so much, is because the Baby Food just happens to be MADE of PLANKTON!!!! (Wow; never thought they'd tie in scientific accuracy with "Soylent Green"! Usually, you have to pay extra for that!) Plankton only stops being chased by the baby whales when he falls into one of his own Chum vats! Unfortunately, it couldn't have come at a worse time! The Baby Food Company WAS about to present Plankton with a check for a LOT of money, but because one of the Baby Whales informs the sponsor that Plankton TASTES like Chum; the sponsor immediately tears the check up! And the sponsor decides to go with the runner-up baby picture; that of Mr. Krabs! And since Mr. Krabs likes money and publicity, no matter for WHAT reason; I don't think he will mind the attention the way that Plankton did! Still, Plankton can just NOT get a break! I'll give this episode segment a 9.5 out of 10. Enough said, true believers!