Welcome back to I'm So Glad My Suffering Amuses You.
The paucity of posting has come to an end.
And we end our low content mode with... Plankton?
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Last week, I wrote about the 2023 animated film Nimona which son Dean and friend Jan shared with Andrea and I while visiting the Fortress of Ineptitude last week.
We finished that movie fairly early on that Saturday evening so we made the night an animated double feature.
Which brings us to this week's movie post.
It's... Movie Time!
Today's post is about (and I am not kidding about this) Plankton: The Movie is a 2025 American animated musical comedy film based on the television series Meet The Press SpongeBob SquarePants.
This movie was co-written by Mr. Lawence who is also the voice of Sheldon J. Plankton.
Seriously, I really watched this. I, a 63 year old man, watched Plankton: The Movie.
Plankton attempts yet again to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.
He is, of course, unsuccessful.
Dejected, he returns to the Chum Bucket.
Normally, the Chum Bucket is a sad, empty, decrepit place.
But not this time.
Karen the computer wife has turned the restaurant into a successful Mexican-themed chum restaurant with an active customer base.
Well, this seems a like a good thing.
Except...
Donald Trump Plankton thinks it's a BAD idea mostly because it wasn't HIS idea.
Plankton expresses his displeasure by burning the place down.
Which leaves Karen supremely pissed off.
Karen removes her Empathy chip and transforms into a super sized multi-headed mecha and goes on a rampage to take over the world without Plankton!
Not exactly sure what the hell brought that on, Plankton turns to SpongeBob to figure out what went wrong and why Plankton and Karen are not on the same page anymore.
Channeling his inner Sigmund Freud, SpongeBob hypnotizes Plankon to relive his experienced with Karen.
Via flashbacks, we see that Karen's original form was a calculator connected to a potato in a petri dish as part of an experiment from Plankton's childhood.
Later at Bikini State University, Plankton upgraded Karen to her current form and they collaborated on a plan to rule the world with a freeze Ray. This plan is thwarted by a human child on the beach.
<Boy, this post is going on a bit long. Sorry!>
Back in Bikini Bottom, Plankton overhears Mr. Krabs say that the Krabby Patty secret formula is what will help him take over the world. Krabs was just engaging in some joking hyperbole but Plankton takes it seriously.
Thus is born Plankton's obsession with stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula.
Plankton and SpongeBob retrieve Karen's original parts from Bikini State University in a plan to regain control of mecha Karen. It doesb't work and Karen just absorbs those parts to grown another head.
This is a job for the Gal Pals: Sandy, Pearl, and Mrs. Puff, where they install Karen's Empathy chip into Plankton's brain. This leads to him having a revelation.
<Is this post still going? Did I forget how to edit? >
It's Thanos vs. Avengers time as mecha Karen splits off into different sections to fight the Gal Pals while Spongebob and Patrick goes to mecha Karen's central engine room which is fuel by potatoes.
Plankton, feeling empathy for the first time, confronts Karen Prime to win back her love.
Karen challenges Plankton's sincerity by offering him the Krabby Patty secret formula.
Plankton actually rejects the formula, citing the greater importance of regaining Karen's love.
<Finally! The movie is over and so is this post! Wait...>
Karen's takes Plankton back and now the two are teaming up to take over the world.
Karen's giant mecha form crumbles because Patrick has eaten all the potatoes.
SpongeBob proclaims he's "a sucker for a love story" to which everyone agrees and celebrates.
<Are we done now?>
Mr. Lawrence, SpongeBob SquarePants veteran and the voice of Plankton, originally conceived this story as potential half-hour special titled, "Karen Takes Over".
With urging from Nickelodeon, Lawrence pitched his idea as a feature film.
And thus we got Plankton: The Movie.
It's been a while since I've sat down to watch anything SpongeBob related but I found this movie to be mostly enjoyable with an interesting spin on Plankton's whole deal. And while Plankton is the Star, the feature makes good use of SpongeBob in his faux Germanic Sigmund Freud persona psychoanalyzing Plankton. Great work from Tom Kenney.
And strong vocal performances from Mr. Lawrence and Jill Talley as Plankton and Karen elevate the rather silly proceedings.
And Plankton: The Movie also has some rather clever musical numbers as well.
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